Instead of
the traditional print list price (or list price with a discount), the price of an ebook is generally the list price plus a percentage.
Not exact matches
After that, from copy 76 and beyond, we pay a royalty of 30 % of the book's
list price — well above the
traditional publisher's average of 10 % — 17.5 %, and nearer the self - publisher's return after
printing and production costs.
If getting published traditionally doesn't especially help you to get your books on the shelves of stores (unless you are talented, awesome, hard - working, and lucky enough to be a Jim Butcher), then you've got a legitimate reason to question whether you want to roll the dice with
traditional publishers (who absolutely offer many great advantages), or get 70 % royalties on your indie ebooks and get paid 80 % of your
print book's
list price (minus the cost of POD
printing) with your
print - on - demand book via Lightning Source and their 20 % short discount option — which gets you right into Amazon.com and other online bookstores, just like the big boys do.
For 2 percent of the eventual sales
price, the 12 - salesperson office pulls out all stops, giving the seller yard signs, brochures,
print ads, advice, an MLS
listing — everything a
traditional seller would get.