Thanks for coming by and commenting. Wow, interesting stuff about Amazon.AU as well – I had no idea. This certainly bolsters the idea of paper as opposed to ebooks. Which seems just bass-ackwards to me. With virtually no distribution or printing costs, an ebook should net the author a great deal more than a printed version.

I truly did love TimeSplash. I’ll look forward to your next.

George

I’ve just downloaded your book too. Unfortunately, it costs $2.99 here in Australia – because every Kindle Store book costs $2 extra in Australia. That’s right, there are no free Kindle books here! Still, I’m sure it’s worth the extra two bucks! It may be true for all Amazon’s “international” sales – I’ve heard the same kind of thing from disgruntled UK Kindle owners. I can’t explain it. It’s not as if the shipping costs extra. Just Amazon making money, I guess.

Speaking of which, since this is a writer’s perspective on the Kindle, I thought some of your readers might be interested in this. My book is available from the publisher, which runs its own bookstore. It sells for $5.50 and, if people buy it there, I get 40% of the sale price per copy sold ($2.20). On Amazon (in the US) it sells for 20% less, at $4.40 and Amazon keeps 65% of that. So my publisher gets 35% of $4.40 ($1.54) and I get 40% of that ($0.61).

The upshot is that for a Kindle sale, I make about a quarter of what I make when my publisher sells it! The same is also true for the other online retailers like Fictionwise. This discrepancy in author income is generally true for all ebooks that are commercially published. So, if you want to support your favourite author, buy their books from the publisher directly rather than through Amazon or other online stores.

I actually haven’t tried it yet since I have a Kindle, but it is on my to do list today to download and see what the interface looks like.

Thanks for getting my book, I appreciate it!

George

Thanks for your great perspective on this too! Probably going to download your book here soon. Great stuff!
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