Delivering e-books from Amazon costs more than delivering paper books
Independent authors who publish books on Amazon complain about the high tariffs that Amazon charges for "delivering e-books."
In accordance with the rates of Amazon , when you publish a book, you give the company 30% commission and an additional 15 cents per megabyte from each sale. Delivery of the 18 MB file to the buyer will cost $ 2.70, which is higher than the cost of delivering a paper book with a parcel.
Today, Amazon with its own devices Kindle is almost a monopolist in the market of electronic books - the company provides a real opportunity for independent authors to earn good money by self-publishing their own books. Of course, Amazon has the right to set any tariffs for its services, because it is spelled out in the contract.
Amazon has a peculiar business model: it sells Kindle devices below cost and sponsors Internet access for Kindle users. In fact, it’s not the Amazon that pays for this Internet, but the authors of the books.
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Fees of 15 cents per megabyte seem high, but this price includes an unlimited number of file downloads for life for a Kindle user.
Ultimately, taking into account 30% of the commission and the "delivery charge", the author of the ten-dollar book receives about 50% of the retail price of the book in the Amazon store, and the company still reserves the right to lower the price of the book if other sellers have it lower (See the item Matching Competitor Prices in the price list ). If the cost of the book is meager (a couple of dollars), then theoretically the author could be in the red. However, Amazon is unlikely to allow this and indicate the minimum cost of the book in order to make a profit with the author's non-negative (zero) income.
In accordance with the rates of Amazon , when you publish a book, you give the company 30% commission and an additional 15 cents per megabyte from each sale. Delivery of the 18 MB file to the buyer will cost $ 2.70, which is higher than the cost of delivering a paper book with a parcel.
Today, Amazon with its own devices Kindle is almost a monopolist in the market of electronic books - the company provides a real opportunity for independent authors to earn good money by self-publishing their own books. Of course, Amazon has the right to set any tariffs for its services, because it is spelled out in the contract.
Amazon has a peculiar business model: it sells Kindle devices below cost and sponsors Internet access for Kindle users. In fact, it’s not the Amazon that pays for this Internet, but the authors of the books.
')
Fees of 15 cents per megabyte seem high, but this price includes an unlimited number of file downloads for life for a Kindle user.
Ultimately, taking into account 30% of the commission and the "delivery charge", the author of the ten-dollar book receives about 50% of the retail price of the book in the Amazon store, and the company still reserves the right to lower the price of the book if other sellers have it lower (See the item Matching Competitor Prices in the price list ). If the cost of the book is meager (a couple of dollars), then theoretically the author could be in the red. However, Amazon is unlikely to allow this and indicate the minimum cost of the book in order to make a profit with the author's non-negative (zero) income.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/145671/
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