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As long as I can remember it’s been this way, authors have always made very tiny percentage royalties on physical books. I don’t know what the figures are like
by jf- 8y ago
As long as I can remember it’s been this way, authors have always made very tiny percentage royalties on physical books. I don’t know what the figures are like for digital distribution but if they aren’t better it’s a travesty.
- albertgoeswoof 8y agoThat’s because it costs money to print (and maybe pulp) physical books. It doesn’t cost anything to “print” a digital book
- Drdrdrq 8y agoWell, Richard Bach writes in The Bridge Across Forever that royalties from Jonathan Livingston Seagull made him rich (before he overspent it), so I assume this is more recent phenomena. Granted it's a bit different level of "bestseller" though...