Comments on: Are traditional publishers losing sales to indies?

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By: Bufo Calvin

Bufo Calvin — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 18:30:26 +0000

Thanks for writing, Janice!

Whether something is exorbitant or not is subjective, so I”m not going to rule on that. It’s more complicated than it might seem at first, in part because successful, popular books pay for unsuccessful and small market books.

Hardbacks typically have a higher retail price per unit (they cost the customer more) than an e-book…but what gets reported here is revenue. That’s a bit more complex. If the hardback has a list price of $25, the publisher may be getting $12.50 for it. If the digital price is $12.99, the publisher may be getting $9.09 for it (based on the 70% Agency Model rate).

Selling twice as many e-books of the same hardback title would make the e-book generate more revenue in the above scenario. However, it gets to be much closer when you look at e-books and paperbacks.

By: Janice L Chase

Janice L Chase — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 06:44:39 +0000

“but p-books are still the majority of revenue” How much of that revenue picture comes about because of the exhorbitant price of print books? Just wondering, because I know you have the numbers (0:
Thanks for sharing.