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I was very surprised to read that even avoiding traditional publishers he's only receiving 30% of retail in, at least, one case.
by glaucon 3y ago
I was very surprised to read that even avoiding traditional publishers he's only receiving 30% of retail in, at least, one case.
- bombcar 3y agoI have done a tiny amount of self publishing via Amazon and I've found that if you want to keep your prices "sane" across all countries; you end up having a few that get you much less than others. And if you enable "wide distribution" you get much less for those.
- geerlingguy 3y agoYeah it goes from like 60% (after 'fees' for printing for the paperback) to like 40%. So selling my book for $19.99 nets me about $3 or $4 per sale. If I did 'wide distribution', that would be maybe $1-2.
- BarryMilo 3y agoIt's strange because that's a normal publisher's take home, from which you also subtract a given amount for printing. But the author's take is usually around 10%, which should add up to 40%.
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