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Originally Posted by JMikeD
As I understand it, the publisher and Amazon agree to a "list" price and the portion of that amount that each receives. Amazon is free to sell the book at any price they wish, as long as the publisher gets the agreed-on fixed amount. The discount comes entirely out of Amazon's portion. Amazon can give the book away, as long as they pay the publisher their cut.
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I can confirm this. I've been an Amazon Advantage seller since late 2004. As the publisher I set a retail price for my products and Amazon pays me a predetermined percentage of this retail price. If Amazon sells at a sale price, it's their business, but it does not effect my cut.
However, I have not closely read the seller agreement for the Kindle products, so I cannot 100% attest to the case being exactly the same. It's seems it would have to be a similar deal though. I'm still debating about whether to make my titles available as ebooks at Amazon, but that's another subject.