Check out this compilation
of ebook profit margins by author, Hugh C. -LSB-...]
Look, I'm be big Amazon user and I like their consumer - focus business model, that said, Amazon can self proclaim all they want
about ebook profit growth, until they release actual numbers nothing is real.
Now the question I'd love to see you address in an article is whether self - published literary and historical fiction authors are doing better
with ebook profits than those who are traditionally published.
Recently, I had the pleasure of taking a Udemy course from Dennis J. Smith called Kindle:
Maximum eBook Profits With WordPress Marketing.
Hopefully, despite the financial buffer
from ebook profits, publishers are quietly and determinedly beginning to restructure for a leaner future rather than using this short term windfall to delay making changes.
Amazon eventually reworked their Kindle Unlimited program (since it hemorrhaged money), and
eBook profits slumped.
Publishers would have to pay an extra fee for the additional usage, and right
now ebook profits are pretty slim to begin with.
King, along with nearly 900 other authors, signed a letter in support of publisher Hachette, who is in a revenue - negotiation struggle with the online retail giant
about ebook profits.
You also have to consider that most authors» books don't cover the advances they are given and
this ebook profit helps offset that as well.
Having them take a slice of
the ebook profits and delaying paying royalties just doesn't appear to balance out what they bring to the table.
Well, of course
the ebook profits are Foyles» to spend however they see fit.
If done away with, they are afraid that
eBook profits will plummet.