[Dragaera] Kindle - Question for Steve

[J C]

yikes, that's almost as low as musician's royalties :)  

Hmmmm....how many author's copies do you get for free each printing?  Cause you could probably make a better profit just upping that number and running your own damn business on Ebay.  Screw Lonely Mountain.  Based on how rarely I see copies of your books in stores up in Canada, it's pretty evident that their selling and distribution of your work (at least up here in the Chilly) sucks as much as your reimbursement.

I wonder if you're giving them 95% of your potential earnings for ink, dead trees, glue and the occasional Fabio with a sword.

Just give me the word, and I will never buy a book of yours from anywhere except your personally run store.

Jon

 



> Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 20:39:13 -0500
> From: skzb at dreamcafe.com
> To: greyw01f at hotmail.com
> CC: dragaera at dragaera.info
> Subject: Re: [Dragaera] Kindle - Question for Steve
> 
> I'm not actually sure.  I think I make somewhere between 1 and 2 dollars 
> on a hardcover sale; no clue about Kindle.
> 
> J C wrote:
> > Hey Steve,
> >
> > I was wondering, and my apologies if this question is rude or invasive, but do you mind if I ask how much royalties you make on a book sale as compared to a kindle sale?  What are the numbers involved, if you please?  And for Kindle sales when the book is only in "hardcover" (which causes Kindle pricing to be higher, possibly because of increased "demand"?) do the numbers change at all?  Or do you still only make a base royalty?
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Jon
> >
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