But with respect to the agency discount, Amazon demands that all non-Big-Six trade publishers sell it their ebook and physical book wares under the old trade discount model, which requires only that Amazon buy inventory at roughly 50 % off the publisher's suggested list price (the discounts
vary by publisher and can run as high as 55 %) and is silent on pricing — allowing Amazon to discount as steeply as it wishes to win over customers.
And how much does
it vary by publisher type?
Book contract wording and book contract terms
vary by publisher, by imprint, and by individual deals.
Contract terms
vary by publisher and let's use five to seven years as an example.
In this newly competitive landscape, we're seeing results
vary by publisher: some are experiencing continued growth in referral traffic while others have seen declines.
This availability
varies by publisher and e-book.
Not exact matches
But fair use has always proved to be a difficult set of guidelines for
publishers, interpreted to
varying degrees of strictness
by various people, and for some, better safe than sorry.
The report, however, found that
publishers» belief in the value of subscription services
varies by market segment.
So, though what is done
varies somewhat
by publisher,
publishers do actually market ALL of their books.
It
varies of course, but at some point, the product becomes good enough to make money, and perhaps that doesn't require a standard as high as what has been striven for
by the
publishers.
Print on demand is still very much in demand
by self -
publishers as it meets the needs of
varied consumer and author preferences.
As the author or
publisher, you keep 80 % of all royalties Voices receives, which
vary by partner, channel, and business model.
Of course these royalty reduction provisions
vary from
publisher to
publisher, both in the amount
by which the full royalty is reduced and the points at which those reductions apply — fairness of which can only be judged once the royalty statements arrive.
The former disrupted traditional «narrative non-fiction» models before becoming a channel used
by all, to
varying degrees of success, with some of the most prominent independent voices signing up with traditional
publishers.
Book rights
vary by country as determined
by publishers, not the ebook stores themselves (they often receive the criticism for this unfairly — ebook stores would love to be able to sell content to anyone anywhere).
Notices sent
by individual
publisher reps were not included since these probably
vary and may not be available to all customers.