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Originally Posted by ThomasMc
What a load of horse manure. They don't have to print or ship anything, their only costs are a buck or two for royalties, and maybe a dollar for overhead. They are making $7 profit on a basically automated system. If the paperback is $8, the ebook should be more like $5.
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Uh-huh. And what's their overhead? Obviously you don't think preparing the book for publication is overhead. From your breakdown, Amazon must be acquiring their books directly from the author as you don't allocate any expense for paying the publisher-but all other reports are that they're acquiring their books from the publisher, so maybe you're right & they don't have very much overhead-but they're also paying *way* more than 'a buck or two'.