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Originally Posted by Darqref

One point: A price below $7 IS DEFINITELY sustainable! I haven't looked up ECW, but your description makes them sound like a relatively small publisher. In the SF field, Baen Books has sold ebooks for $6.00 for individual copies, and significantly less than that if you buy the whole month's publishing output in webscriptions. And they've been doing it for MORE than TEN YEARS!

Baen doesn't have to pay Amazon, Kobo or Apple a sales commission since they sell direct. A $6.00 Baen book would be at least $7.99 on Amazon. Macmillan/S&S/Penguin only receive $6.99 for a book selling for $9.99.

Ms Spano's book currently sells on Amazon for $8.76. I don't know if they use standard 30% agent or wholesale pricing. But if you subtract 30% it brings you down to $6.13 which is close to Baen's.