By: Albin
Simon says it: anything a writer might lose in percent per unit is likely more than made up by the additional units sold through Amazon, as compared with other distributors. Unit price versus volume of...
View ArticleBy: Peter
“The DOJ says that’s OK as long as Amazon doesn’t lose money across that publisher’s entire list.” The DOJ says that’s OK period. The requirement that money must be made across the entire list was...
View ArticleBy: Peter
Also, I’m pretty sure music and movies, when they are distributed digitally are distributed on the agency model. The fact that ebook “retailers” incur no marginal costs is the whole point of the agency...
View ArticleBy: windwhale
Thank goodness for this. It’s about time something brought about the end of the nonsense that was ebooks actually being MORE expensive than their paperback equivalents. For instance, I have on my...
View ArticleBy: Slim934
What a load. As though the old publishing model in which the publisher retained all the rights and gave a pittance to the author was really in the author’s interest. This about sums up the silly notion...
View ArticleBy: Bob KC
Read this alternative view. http://abovethelaw.com/2012/09/why-write-an-amicus-brief-when-you-can-draw-one-instead/2/
View ArticleBy: Pat Silver-Lasky
Well, this discussion is on the mark but if you are an independent writer who has had 4 books published by mainstream publishers, and with the passing of time have lost favorite publishers and agents,...
View ArticleBy: Laura Hazard Owen
To Peter: I haven’t seen HarperCollins’ retailer contracts (not surprisingly), so I don’t know if they were able to get retailers agree to these types of agreements (here’s the exact language from the...
View ArticleBy: Laura Hazard Owen
Yes, that’s right, the publisher gets the same amount of money even if Amazon is taking a loss on the book. However the amount of money that the publisher gets differs based on whether they have an...
View ArticleBy: Tessa
David Thomas, Many growth companies show little short term profit, as they invest in infrastructure for growth or use tight margins to build their customer base. And the endgame may well be to...
View ArticleBy: Jiri
I think that e book reading will become more popular in coming years because the way to get knowledge or fun by reading book is more available that way. Im from Czech Republic and around is huge...
View ArticleClik here to view.
By: Peter
"The DOJ says thatâ€s OK as long as Amazon doesnâ€t lose money across that publisherâ€s entire list." The DOJ says that's OK period. The requirement that money must be made across the entire list was...
View ArticleBy: Peter
Also, I’m pretty sure music and movies, when they are distributed digitally are distributed on the agency model. The fact that ebook “retailers” incur no marginal costs is the whole point of the agency...
View ArticleBy: windwhale
Thank goodness for this. It’s about time something brought about the end of the nonsense that was ebooks actually being MORE expensive than their paperback equivalents. For instance, I have on my...
View ArticleBy: Slim934
What a load. As though the old publishing model in which the publisher retained all the rights and gave a pittance to the author was really in the author’s interest. This about sums up the silly notion...
View ArticleBy: Bob KC
Read this alternative view. http://abovethelaw.com/2012/09/why-write-an-amicus-brief-when-you-can-draw-one-instead/2/
View ArticleBy: Pat Silver-Lasky
Well, this discussion is on the mark but if you are an independent writer who has had 4 books published by mainstream publishers, and with the passing of time have lost favorite publishers and agents,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
By: Laura Hazard Owen
To Peter: I haven't seen HarperCollins' retailer contracts (not surprisingly), so I don't know if they were able to get retailers agree to these types of agreements (here's the exact language from the...
View ArticleBy: Laura Hazard Owen
Yes, that’s right, the publisher gets the same amount of money even if Amazon is taking a loss on the book. However the amount of money that the publisher gets differs based on whether they have an...
View ArticleBy: Tessa
David Thomas, Many growth companies show little short term profit, as they invest in infrastructure for growth or use tight margins to build their customer base. And the endgame may well be to...
View Article
