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IIRC one CS/EE textbook author (Dave Patterson I think) said he made more money selling a $9.99 self-published Kindle textbook on Amazon (at 70% royalty for ebo

IIRC one CS/EE textbook author (Dave Patterson I think) said he made more money selling a $9.99 self-published Kindle textbook on Amazon (at 70% royalty for ebooks under $10) than he did from a full-priced hardcover (currently $77) through a traditional publisher (Morgan Kaufman presumably.)

raincole 3y ago
Uh... So? What does this information tell us about LibGen case? The author could've just released the book free online and "free the information"(like what LibGen does, according to HN comments). However he chose to self-publish on Amazon at $9.99. There must be some reason, right? Perhaps the author actually desires monetary compensation more than he desires to set his information free? A very devilish idea, I know.
- pritambaral 3y ago
  > So? What does this information tell us about LibGen case? It's pretty clear: that publishers do not fairly compensate authors.
  - raincole 3y ago
    And uploading their works on LibGen do. Got it.
    - pritambaral 3y ago
      If you have to put words in my mouth, could you at least try to make them good? The correct way to read your the parent comment of your original comment in this thread is: Pirating a self-published book hurts authors far more than pirating books sold by a publisher. Because publishers pay pittances to authors.