Comments on: Quick Note: Kindle books available from publishers, but not Amazon

By: Chris Meadows

Chris Meadows — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 02:46:51 +0000

It would be $6 per $9 e-book. Henry Melton, who sells his e-books for $5, keeps about $1.70 from each Kindle sale. (He also gets about $1.75 from his App Store appbook sales at $5, but that's because he has to split the 2/3 that Apple doesn't take with the coder who creates the app framework.)

By: Moriah Jovan

Moriah Jovan — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:15:50 +0000

Does Amazon really keep 2/3s of the money?

65%

I see it as marketing and visibility and, thus, as an expense. NOT revenue.

By: Mike C.

Mike C. — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 22:12:50 +0000

Does Amazon really keep 2/3s of the money? THat would be about ~$6 per eBook. How does this compare to their physically book sales.

I use Mobipocket on my phone, but was considering getting a Kindle.

By: Chris Meadows

Chris Meadows — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 20:10:24 +0000

Generally, a reason why people might prefer to sell their books elsewhere is a dislike of the terms of the Kindle store—Amazon keeps 2/3 of the money for itself. So instead they sell elsewhere in Kindle-compatible DRM-free Mobipocket format.

By: Steve Jordan

Steve Jordan — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 20:02:58 +0000

What Alan said. I actually removed my novels from the Kindle store, due to pathetically low sales, and an even lower profit after Amazon took their cut. It just wasn’t worth the trouble. My feeling is that indies are better off spending their time and money on advertising and promotion, and staying clear of the Kindle store.

By: Alan Wallcraft

Alan Wallcraft — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:20:58 +0000

Any DRM-free MOBI is readable on the Kindle. So publishers who avoid DRM (in this case Samhain Publishing), don’t have to sell via the Kindle Store. Most still do so, because otherwise Kindle owners are unlikely to find the ebook.