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Old 10-17-2011, 09:42 AM   #31
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Excellent Link! Thank you! Karma on the way. Also very interesting given the recent Kindle Fire (and other new Kindles) announcement!
Thanks! I'd meant to post the link on the Steve Jobs RIP thread and correct certain wrongly attributed conclusions. Unfortunately, I got really busy and came back to find the thread closed.

Luckily, we're on a forum where technology, eBook pricing and publishing monopolies are perennial topics.
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Old 10-17-2011, 09:45 AM   #32
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I dunno.
Amazon starting a tiny genre imprint (15 books a year) just to make a point?

I'm a fan of Occam's razor myself.
I just think there is money to be made tapping into established authors' discontent with the old school publishers and where there is money to be made, there you'll find Amazon. No hidden agenda required.
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Old 10-17-2011, 10:23 AM   #33
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So have those of us who price their book at $2.99 earned Amazon's scorn?
Doubtful.
After all, they're not doing as much on their end to earn their share of your business as with the 47th Street books, which involves pbook distribution and warehousing.

Their self-publishing terms say it all: 70% royalty on books priced from $2.99 to $9.99. In that range they don't care if you go for volume and visibility or maximum per-book revenue, or for that matter, if you throttle pricing, changing it regularly up and down regularly as some authors do.

Wouldn't surprise me if their per-book net on their own imprint were around $1 when all is said and done. Just a WAG, of course.
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Old 10-17-2011, 10:42 AM   #34
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I dunno.
Amazon starting a tiny genre imprint (15 books a year) just to make a point?
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A journey of 1000 miles begins with one step.
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Old 10-17-2011, 01:12 PM   #35
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Oops, I see what I posted is already being discussed here:

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Oops, I see what I posted is already being discussed here:

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Now that you've pointed out the detour, I'll transfer buses along with you.
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