Comments on: A roundup of Amazon vs. Macmillan. And thank you for the lost weekend. http://windupstories.com/2010/02/01/a-roundup-of-amazon-vs-macmillan-and-thank-you-for-the-lost-weekend/ fiction by paolo bacigalupi Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:00:05 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Jamey http://windupstories.com/2010/02/01/a-roundup-of-amazon-vs-macmillan-and-thank-you-for-the-lost-weekend/comment-page-1/#comment-90855 Jamey Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:13:23 +0000 http://windupstories.com/?p=347#comment-90855 And in slightly different news, I decided to use a A-zon gift certificate on Pump Six and Windup Girl (read library copy first and then decided to buy them). Gack! "Pump Six" is out of stock everywhere I looked? So, I must wait for the trade paperback in December '10. Another mystery of the publishing world. Phbbt. And in slightly different news, I decided to use a A-zon gift certificate on Pump Six and Windup Girl (read library copy first and then decided to buy them).

Gack! “Pump Six” is out of stock everywhere I looked? So, I must wait for the trade paperback in December ’10.

Another mystery of the publishing world. Phbbt.

]]> By: Garrett http://windupstories.com/2010/02/01/a-roundup-of-amazon-vs-macmillan-and-thank-you-for-the-lost-weekend/comment-page-1/#comment-90673 Garrett Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:21:42 +0000 http://windupstories.com/?p=347#comment-90673 Interesting reads, especially Scott Westerfeld's post. I bought The Windup Girl via new hardback rather than waiting for a cheaper version / ebook / getting it from a library specifically to "vote with my dollars". I wonder, with an ebook/digital download which has an effectively non-existant propagation cost, why $10 isn't sufficient? I paid about $19 shipped for my hardback, and I figure a couple dollars goes to the printer, various shipping companies, the brick & mortar store, etc etc etc. A digital download you should only have the authors share, the publishers share, and a tiny sliver for the distributor (Amazon in this case). They have practically no expense, are doing practically no effort, and should receive practically no profit on their risk-less endeavor. Leaving $9.50 or more each per sale for the author and the distributor to divvy up seems pretty generous. At least, that is how I as a complete outsider, see it. I'm sure it's more complicated than I'm reducing it to. Interesting reads, especially Scott Westerfeld’s post. I bought The Windup Girl via new hardback rather than waiting for a cheaper version / ebook / getting it from a library specifically to “vote with my dollars”.

I wonder, with an ebook/digital download which has an effectively non-existant propagation cost, why $10 isn’t sufficient? I paid about $19 shipped for my hardback, and I figure a couple dollars goes to the printer, various shipping companies, the brick & mortar store, etc etc etc.

A digital download you should only have the authors share, the publishers share, and a tiny sliver for the distributor (Amazon in this case). They have practically no expense, are doing practically no effort, and should receive practically no profit on their risk-less endeavor. Leaving $9.50 or more each per sale for the author and the distributor to divvy up seems pretty generous.

At least, that is how I as a complete outsider, see it. I’m sure it’s more complicated than I’m reducing it to.

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