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[coraa]

This is mostly out of curiosity, but I do have a reason for asking....

Is there a difference in the amount of money that an author gets from a sale of a Kindle ebook vs. a paperback, and if so, which pays more? (I know that authors make more money on hardcovers, but the book in question is not available in hardcover.) Or is it a case-by-case thing?

(I'm asking specifically about the Kindle because that's the ereader I have. I know that there can be a somewhat sizeable difference between ebooks bought for the Kindle via Amazon and ebooks bought from other vendors, but for the sake of this question I'm just interested in the Amazon Kindle store.)

(Also, I'm going to be buying the book from Amazon either way, so no need to explain to me why I ought to support local brick-and-mortars. :) )

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[janni.livejournal.com]

I'd have to double-check my contract, but I believe I get 15-30% of the cover price on the electronic editions (depending on whether we've earned out yet), and 6% on the paperback editions. (And 10% on the hardbacks.)

So for me, I earn more from the e-editions, assuming the pricing is the same.

That said, I think readers should go with whichever version they most want to own and are most comfortable reading. :-)

[coraa.livejournal.com]

Oh, absolutely. I usually pick a format based on whether I'm more likely to want to read the book on a plane or in the bathtub. ;) It was mostly idle curiosity.