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Originally Posted by delphidb96
And I have such a problem with the idea that Amazon's losing money on each ebook sale. Amazon skims 65% of the price right into their pocket. And that's better than a retail storefront gets. The author writes the book. The publisher (or author if self-publishing) supplies the file to Amazon - along with artwork. Amazon just have to format it, store a copy on their server and electronically deliver it. Where is the money going? My bet is Sprint to cover Whispernet. Unless, of course, the publishers are negotiating better deals for themselves than what a self-publisher gets from Amazon's DTP. *THAT* I would believe.
Derek
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Publishers do get a better percentage than DTP. Even going through Smashwords, the percent is 42 for the author, versus 35. I'm sure the larger houses do just fine percentage-wise, which makes their whining all the more unseemly. I get that they don't want consumers to expect 9.99. I don't get why they are wasting time whining--get more of your backlist out there and you'll make more money than by whining!