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Old 02-02-2010, 11:45 AM   #17
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Originally Posted by milaru View Post
Selling the same product for more money and giving less to the authors sure doesn't sound like not trying to screw the writers, especially on a product that can be essentially reproduced for nothing.
Scalzi stated in an earlier post that he gets a percentage of the sale price. So, if the e-book is selling at a higher price, then he's going to get more money per e-book sold than he would at the lower price point. Whether people will buy the e-books at the higher price point remains to be seen, but if they want to experiment with it, why shouldn't they? They can determine if it was a good decision after looking at the profits they make after implementing the new structure.

Authors seem to be wholly on Macmillan's side in this argument.
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