Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Pricing E-Books

Hardcover book - price 26.00 12.99 E-Book
retailer 13.00 3.90 retailer
publisher 13.00 3.90 retailer
publisher's expenses -- -- publisher's expenses
-printing, storage, shipping 3.25 .50 -digital formatting
cover design, typesetting,editing .80 - --
marketing 1.00 .78 marketing
royalty to author (15%) 3.90 2.27-3.25 royalties
overhead (salaries, rent, utilities) 4.05 4.56-5.56 overhead (salaries, rent, utilities)
**Data taken from "Math of Publishing Meets the E-Book" in The New York Times .
The debate over pricing e-books continues. Read more at The New York Times

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