Re: [telecom] A New World: Scheduling E-Books [Telecom]

Jul 20, 2009 1 Replies
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In a message dated 7/19/2009 9:58:12 PM Central Daylight Time, Bill wrot in a moderator's note to a post by snipped-for-privacy@roscom.com (mailto: snipped-for-privacy@roscom.com) :


***** Moderator's Note *****
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> The question is: how much does it _cost_ to put a hardcover book on
> store shelves, and how much of the price goes to the vendor?

Also how much does it cost for marketing it on Amazon, and how much of that goes to the publisher?


-- Wes Leatherock snipped-for-privacy@aol.com snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com

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On Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:38:54 -0400, asked:

For a book we've listed on Amazon, Amazon collects from the buyer our asking price plus a standardized amount for postage, and then sends us the postage amount and what's left from our asking price after deducting 15% of the asking price and another (roughly) $2.50.

Order fulfillment is our responsibility. I guess their 15% + $2.50 goes to cover their web-server costs and related "marketing" expenses on their end (including payment collection and disbursement, dispute resolution, and who-knows-what-all-else).

Cheers, -- tlvp

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