As ancillary products, our analysis is that they're more
profitable than printed books — and certainly more profitable than something like a book club and, perhaps, than a chain promotion!
[The slide] shows that — under Harper's new post-settlement agency ebook pricing (which raised prices slightly versus their original agency price tiers)-- ebooks are significantly more
profitable than print books.
Not exact matches
In markets where
book prices are not regulated by law, including the United States and Britain, this has already made e-
books more
profitable for publishers
than print books.
Although sales of
print books are less
profitable than ebook sales, authors receive a much higher royalty rate from
print (which may explain some of their pique at Amazon's tactics), and
print bookstores are an effective means of helping readers discover new
books.