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It might be more than the amount of royalties that most paper book publishers give, but distribution costs are so much lower with e-books that they could probab
by MikeCapone 17y ago
It might be more than the amount of royalties that most paper book publishers give, but distribution costs are so much lower with e-books that they could probably afford to give even more than 35%.
Right now they don't have to, but as competition heats up for e-books, it wouldn't be surprising if royalties went up (unless there's a cartel situation).
- credo 17y agoyes, it is too bad that the interviewer didn't bring up the question of distribution costs when Bezos made the comparison
- dirkstoop 17y agoIf your starting point is: Amazon exists and has a huge amount of customers, and a bunch of Kindles have been sold, sure the distribution cost is low. But that's not Bezos' starting point, is it?
- njharman 17y agoDistribution costs include subsiding the Internet connection of Kindles for the life of the device. And maybe subsidizing some of device's costs. Book royalties are around 10%. Amazaon has already "afforded to give them more". Three times more.
- jbellis 17y agoBook publishers also provide things like design, layout, and editing.
- MikeCapone 17y agoAnyone knows if the people who are self-publishing for the Kindle (basically uploading the finished product on Amazon) are getting more than 35%?