Comments on: Indie Press Revolution http://www.paulegibson.com/blog/?p=37 Just some thoughts from another random jerk Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:31:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Fred Hicks http://www.paulegibson.com/blog/?p=37&cpage=1#comment-2270 Fred Hicks Sun, 15 Mar 2009 00:58:12 +0000 http://www.paulegibson.com/blog/?p=37#comment-2270 Grain of salt -- I'm a publisher through IPR, but I'm also the guy who works customer service for them.<br><br>As a publisher, I net about 70% of my book cover price when I make a direct sale through IPR (that's net before accounting for the cost of printing the book) -- 80% if we're talking a PDF. If your local game store bought a book of mine from IPR, and then sold it to you, I'd probably be getting somewhere around 44% of the cover price. <br><br>On the other hand, if I were getting into the kind of distribution necessary to sell it through Amazon, I'd probably be netting something more like 30%.<br><br>So, yeah. Buying stuff through IPR is financially better for the publisher. :) Grain of salt — I'm a publisher through IPR, but I'm also the guy who works customer service for them.

As a publisher, I net about 70% of my book cover price when I make a direct sale through IPR (that's net before accounting for the cost of printing the book) — 80% if we're talking a PDF. If your local game store bought a book of mine from IPR, and then sold it to you, I'd probably be getting somewhere around 44% of the cover price.

On the other hand, if I were getting into the kind of distribution necessary to sell it through Amazon, I'd probably be netting something more like 30%.

So, yeah. Buying stuff through IPR is financially better for the publisher. :)

]]> By: pegibson http://www.paulegibson.com/blog/?p=37&cpage=1#comment-20 pegibson Sat, 14 Mar 2009 20:17:44 +0000 http://www.paulegibson.com/blog/?p=37#comment-20 That's great to hear. That will definitely influence my future decisions about purchases through IPR. That’s great to hear. That will definitely influence my future decisions about purchases through IPR.

]]> By: Fred Hicks http://www.paulegibson.com/blog/?p=37&cpage=1#comment-19 Fred Hicks Sat, 14 Mar 2009 17:58:12 +0000 http://www.paulegibson.com/blog/?p=37#comment-19 Grain of salt -- I'm a publisher through IPR, but I'm also the guy who works customer service for them.<br><br>As a publisher, I net about 70% of my book cover price when I make a direct sale through IPR (that's net before accounting for the cost of printing the book) -- 80% if we're talking a PDF. If your local game store bought a book of mine from IPR, and then sold it to you, I'd probably be getting somewhere around 44% of the cover price. <br><br>On the other hand, if I were getting into the kind of distribution necessary to sell it through Amazon, I'd probably be netting something more like 30%.<br><br>So, yeah. Buying stuff through IPR is financially better for the publisher. :) Grain of salt — I'm a publisher through IPR, but I'm also the guy who works customer service for them.

As a publisher, I net about 70% of my book cover price when I make a direct sale through IPR (that's net before accounting for the cost of printing the book) — 80% if we're talking a PDF. If your local game store bought a book of mine from IPR, and then sold it to you, I'd probably be getting somewhere around 44% of the cover price.

On the other hand, if I were getting into the kind of distribution necessary to sell it through Amazon, I'd probably be netting something more like 30%.

So, yeah. Buying stuff through IPR is financially better for the publisher. :)

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