Thread: USAToday on publishers' backlash
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Old 12-13-2009, 12:29 PM   #33
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Originally Posted by poohbear_nc View Post
Hmmm ... let's do the math:

100 hardcovers sold at full price for $17.95 immediately (and then 900 remaindered copies at $2.00 - $5.00 or less)
vs
1000 ebooks sold at $9.99 immediately
vs
Readers boycotting your publishing house (and its authors) over your total lack (or refusal) of understanding of the ebook market, and of readers in general.

On an interesting side note, I learned recently that publishers do not pay authors any royalties on remaindered books.
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