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This is probably skewed heavily by the credits system that Audible uses. Combined with the bundle where the Audible and Kindle versions are discounted together
by taeric 4y ago
This is probably skewed heavily by the credits system that Audible uses. Combined with the bundle where the Audible and Kindle versions are discounted together, it is often very low friction to get the audio version.
Of course, this is where my question of this view comes in. If you cut out Audible, how certain is Sanderson that the same number of audio books would be purchased? If it cuts over half of the sales, than that more than justifies the lower cut in profit, no?
- unnamed76ri 4y agoWith these books specifically, he already made money from his core fan base via a Kickstarter campaign. So the sales through Audible would have already been lower than a regular release.
- taeric 4y agoWell, yeah. But that isn't helping his stance here. Doesn't necessarily hurt, but is a distraction. He is claiming that audible gives a raw cut of profit, particularly to the smaller artists. But is there evidence that they give a smaller net payout to the same audience?
- edanm 4y agoThere are no sales through Audible for these books. He specifically chose not to release them on Audible. I'm fairly certain he was just looking at numbers of other books of his for comparison.