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Originally Posted by kjk
I definitely agree with you (and others) that the current model won't work in the digital age...I guess for me I always look at the proposed price of the book(i.e. £2) and start backing out the author's percentage...I understand its around 15% for new authors, probably a lot more for established ones? The pie just seems really sliced thin, unless the author gets around 50% or so.
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From what I understand is the reason they say 15% is because of the printing, materials, transportation etc. This arguments becomes null because digital distribution is a lot cheaper so they should be able to give the author a greater percentage.