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[+] 25 points 1 year ago (6 children)
  • [โ€“] 1 point 1 year ago (4 children)

    For publishers ebooks pay 25% royalties compared to the 50% of print books at bookstores. Sustaining a company on selling items for 25% of $20 is unrealistic. So, I would say you are not the one getting the worse deal.

    Books are not massively profitable.

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    25% of $20 when the cost to the hoster is almost zero...

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    Why do you think that hosting is the only cost?

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I don't, but the other costs, like management, promotion, formatting, etc., are shared by traditional print books.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 1 year ago

    Typesetting, ISBN registration, image editing (if any), royalty processing, platform specific promotion, and more are not shared.

    I'm not saying they should be greedy. I'm saying we shouldn't underestimate the effort of producing and selling an ebook. Most publishers are barely profitable due to how the industry works.

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