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Re: O'Reilly book news
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Sat, 8 Apr 2000 01:06:16 GMT
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"Suzanne D. Rich" wrote:
> From what I understand, Amazon makes no profit when a book is 30% off list and
> then grants a 15% referral fee.[1] The 15% is a maximum. A visitor to their
> site would need to buy directly through that link and the book must be on
> discount of 15-30%(?)I don't remember the numbers. often it's 5% or zero
> referal.
When I signed my contract with O'Reilly, they indicated that net income on a book
was approximately 50% of the cover price, so yes, if they make a profit it's
negligible at best in these cases...
> > Certainly the authors don't collect a smaller royalty if a referral fee is
> > given?
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> No, I don't think it affects the publisher or author.[2] I guess if LEGO is
> helping sell more copies of Dave's and Jonathan's books then that makes me
> happy. It is a Good Thing. And it's good for all the users that are helped. It
> wasn't seeing their books on the site that disturbed me.
In my case, the contract was based on net income, so more sales, at no matter
what price (as long as they paid the publisher the same amount) is good.
Chris
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