The "Other" Otherness Wrote:FPW or the community at large...
Looked into past threads but I didn't see this posed or answered, so I'll ask here... I'd like to complete my collection in hardback, but I'd also like to see the maximum amount of my money go to compensating the author for all the work.
Given that the publishers etc probably scan the site/forums too, I don't know if FPW can comfortably answer, but which version (physical or ebook) puts the higher amount of money in an author's pocket typically? Another question that may have been posed before, but I missed it - FPW - do you have a preferred method for readers or do you even care as long as your fans/readers get the story regardless of (compensated ) medium?
Michael
The "Other" Otherness Wrote:I really *did* do a search, but must've used poor choices for keywords. I'll snag that final RJ in hardcover and then the Adv Cycle and get the other back catalog stuff (Black Wind, The Tery, etc.) via ebook at Amazon.
I initiated that Christmas Kindle with Soft & Others as my first ebook purchase - the right thing to do and a tasty way to do it
(thanks again!)
fpw Wrote:Hardcovers put the most money in an author's pocket.
Publishers typically give the author 15-25% of the ebook royalties they receive. That's bad enough. (I demand 25% but think it should be 50%.) But the problem is compounded because publishers are so dumb when it comes to ebook pricing.
Look at The Fifth Harmonic: I get the standard 15% of the $22.95 hardcover price or $3.44.
But Hampton Roads has priced the Kindle edition at $13.77. Kindle pays 70% on books priced below $9.99, 35% on those over $10. Thus Hampton Roads collects $4.82 for every download and pays me $1.20.
BUT
They could virtually halve the price to $6.99 and make the same royalty AND SELL MORE COPIES!!!!
OR
If they priced it at $9.99, they'd collect $7.00 per download and I'd get $1.75 and we'd SELL MORE COPIES!!!!
Win-win, everybody. But no, gotta maintain that price point.