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Originally Posted by dmaul1114
My only concern is that it works out so authors get their same $ per copy and not less $$$ because they get a set % of sales and ebooks are cheaper.
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Authors make less per paperback than per hardcover; why shouldn't they make less per ebook? Lower unit costs; potentially higher volume of sales; no restriction on how long it can remain "in print" so they can continue making royalties long after it's slipped off the "currently popular" charts.
The real issue is, why are publishers insisting on benchmarking ebooks against hardcovers instead of paperbacks? Why not release them when the paperback comes out--at slightly lower than the paperback price? (Rhetorical questions. We know the answer to that: because they think they can get $13-15 per ebook instead of $4-6 per ebook.)