Great point and you've put the author's plight front and center. An author comes up with the idea, writes the book and then has to share the reward. Until today.
For the first time Booktango.com gives e-book authors the ability to publish for free and keep the entire sale price of their e-book. That means if an e-book is sold for $4.99 through the Booktango bookstore, the author gets the full $4.99. If its sold through another outlet, the e-books retailer takes their standard fee, and the author gets the rest. Booktango takes nothing.
Prospective readers decide the value of a book, but the author should benefit fully from the work they have done.
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Re: The Cost of Publishing
Great point and you've put the author's plight front and center. An author comes up with the idea, writes the book and then has to share the reward. Until today.
For the first time Booktango.com gives e-book authors the ability to publish for free and keep the entire sale price of their e-book. That means if an e-book is sold for $4.99 through the Booktango bookstore, the author gets the full $4.99. If its sold through another outlet, the e-books retailer takes their standard fee, and the author gets the rest. Booktango takes nothing.
Prospective readers decide the value of a book, but the author should benefit fully from the work they have done.