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Old 01-27-2010, 03:12 PM   #211
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Originally Posted by nekokami View Post
I believe this is false. Amazon takes a larger cut than 30% currently, both from paper and ebooks.
It is a different pricing model. The usual approach for physical book and ebooks is for the publisher to get a percentage of the list price. The iTunes model is for the publisher to get a (larger) percentage of the sale price.

I don't know how this will work out in the end, I guess Amazon would be perfectly happy to take 30% of the selling price if all publishers want to switch to this model. One issue is who sets the price. If the publishers set the iBook prices then what does a higher list price mean? The standard Amazon and MobiPocket contracts say that publishers can't set a higer price for Amazon than for anyone else.
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