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sassanik · 01-08-2010, 05:59 AM

Yeah I am skeptical that in the US publishers make the most money on HB's. I would think they would make the most on Pbacks and Trade Pbacks. The materials are fairly cheap and the shipping has to be less.

Of course overhead on ebooks is even less.

I think on of the publishers that has embraced ebooks as a new revenue stream is Harlequin. They sell books bundled, have been releasing back listed books as ebooks and even put out several new books in ebook only format, not even bothering with pback.

I would think that for a pback publisher that testing the waters with a new author by releasing the book in ebook version would be a good idea.

Amy

01-08-2010, 05:59 AM	#4
sassanik Guru Posts: 774 Karma: 1211741 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Oregon Device: EB1150, iPhone, Cool-er Purple, Pocketbook 360, Kindle Fire	Pbacks Yeah I am skeptical that in the US publishers make the most money on HB's. I would think they would make the most on Pbacks and Trade Pbacks. The materials are fairly cheap and the shipping has to be less. Of course overhead on ebooks is even less. I think on of the publishers that has embraced ebooks as a new revenue stream is Harlequin. They sell books bundled, have been releasing back listed books as ebooks and even put out several new books in ebook only format, not even bothering with pback. I would think that for a pback publisher that testing the waters with a new author by releasing the book in ebook version would be a good idea. Amy