On Monday 23 July 2007 12:20:50 David Powers wrote: > Sancar Saran wrote: > > Those publishers ripping the authors then they blame the pirates... > > > > Real steal was %95 of book prices.... > > No, the author gets 10% of what the publisher gets. If you look at > prices on Amazon or other online bookstores, you'll see that 35-40% > discount is common. So, a $40 book often sells for $26 or less. Delivery > within the same country is frequently free, so that's a cost that gets > deducted. Amazon also pays a commission to websites with affiliate > links. So the publisher ends up with less than $20. > > Publishing a book involves a lot of people: not just the author, but at > least one technical reviewer, editor, copy editor, indexer, compositor > (who lays out the pages), designer, and printer. Printed books also need > to be transported and stored. The costs quickly mount up. > > EBooks are cheaper to produce because there's no cost for printing or > storage, but a professionally produced eBook still takes a huge amount > of human effort. Unfortunately, an eBook is very easy for a pirate to > rip off. The danger with piracy is that authors will be discouraged from > writing, and in the end everyone will be worse off. > > David Powers It was still ripping, They got 18 USD you got 2 USD. This is sucks. I'm not sure author of Harry Potter acceps same condition. You made everyone rich except yourself... Regards Sancar -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
