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77 cents profit per copy sold? Is this normal for authors? I understand this book has high production costs, but that doesn't mean the author shouldn't get paid
by pestaa 4y ago
77 cents profit per copy sold? Is this normal for authors? I understand this book has high production costs, but that doesn't mean the author shouldn't get paid...
- foota 4y agoGiven they released it for free too, maybe the author wanted to make it readily available so they reduced their fee?
- pjmlp 4y agoIt is a sad well know fact that one cannot live alone from selling books, in technical domains they mostly serve as means to sell one's credentials in a specific domain, for conferences, freelancing, ....
- bombcar 4y agoThe author stated somewhere he wasn’t out to make money on the books on Amazon or such, and if you sell via print on demand with Amazon it is really hard to get a price that works worldwide and doesn’t give you at least “some” profit somewhere.