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So, what you're basically saying is that there's a lot of waste resulting in extra cost, in terms of poor formatting. And we're expected to soak up the costs associated with their poor workflow? I don't think so.
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Then live with the poor formatting. Really, there's nothing more to it.
You pay for any additional work, whatever you buy. You just mostly don't think about these hidden costs.
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No, I don't. I expect them to charge cost + a reasonable margin for their work, just as I expect the big six to do. What the big six is in the process of doing is charging cost + an exorbitant margin, while simultaneously strongarming the retailers and the authors into terms more favorable to the publisher.
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Totally fine with me. But what exactly is "a reasonable margin for their work"? Of any Dollar (Euro, in my case) I earn gross only 20-25% are net income. As a publisher. And about 40-45% as an author. Of the work I self-publish. Oh, forgot VAT. Deduct some more.
If I'd demand a reasonable margin for my work I would have to double my prices. Which I don't, because I want to offer my readers a fair price.
Sue me for my commercially-oriented idealism.
