Of course that’s 50/50 of the profits vs 10% of the cover price. Bookstores pay 60% of the cover price to the distributor who typically pays around 50% to the

Of course that’s 50/50 of the profits vs 10% of the cover price. Bookstores pay 60% of the cover price to the distributor who typically pays around 50% to the publisher. Then there’s the cost of actually producing the book. And presumably things like editing, etc. are considered costs and not part of the publisher’s split. In the end, that 50/50 split probably comes out pretty close to 10% for the author.