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neilmarr · 01-16-2010, 06:15 AM

Amazon has proudly announced that non-US based independent writers and small publishers can now upload their work in English, German and French for the Kindle store. (They have been barred in the past for various red-tape reasons.)

Cut out the middle man, they say. Handle the job direct.

That's fine ... until you read that Amazon will take a cool SIXTY FIVE PERCENT of cover price of all titles. They, of course, put it the other way and say YOU can 'grab 35%'.

Who's doing the 'grabbing' in this shabby deal?

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10435753-93.html

Cheers. Neil

01-16-2010, 06:15 AM	#1
neilmarr neilmarr Posts: 7,215 Karma: 6000059 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Monaco-Menton, France Device: sony	Amazon for 'foreign' authors -- at a price Amazon has proudly announced that non-US based independent writers and small publishers can now upload their work in English, German and French for the Kindle store. (They have been barred in the past for various red-tape reasons.) Cut out the middle man, they say. Handle the job direct. That's fine ... until you read that Amazon will take a cool SIXTY FIVE PERCENT of cover price of all titles. They, of course, put it the other way and say YOU can 'grab 35%'. Who's doing the 'grabbing' in this shabby deal? http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10435753-93.html Cheers. Neil Last edited by neilmarr; 01-16-2010 at 06:18 AM.