Your making the mistake of applying the retail profit to the publisher. Most buyers only pay 50% of the cover price to the publisher. This brings your numbers to: Margin = price - cost. Hardback: ($25*50%)-$5 = $7.50 margin E-Book: $10 - $0 = $10 margin
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Re: Higher Margins in Printed books?!?!?
Your making the mistake of applying the retail profit to the publisher. Most buyers only pay 50% of the cover price to the publisher. This brings your numbers to:
Margin = price - cost.
Hardback: ($25*50%)-$5 = $7.50 margin
E-Book: $10 - $0 = $10 margin