Comments on: The Math of 3rd Party Royalty Rates http://moirarogers.com/blog/archives/1996 Where things go bump & grind in the night. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:27:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: c2 http://moirarogers.com/blog/archives/1996/comment-page-1#comment-9642 c2 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:44:55 +0000 http://moirarogers.com/blog/?p=1996#comment-9642 Wheeee! Charts r fun. :-D Is it odd that I mostly buy from the publisher? Since pretty much the only ebooks I buy are ONLY in e. If/when I get an ereader (or iPad!), that may change. Do you think the iPad will run the Kindle app like the iPhone does, O techie one? Because that would be awesome. Wheeee! Charts r fun. :-D Is it odd that I mostly buy from the publisher? Since pretty much the only ebooks I buy are ONLY in e. If/when I get an ereader (or iPad!), that may change.

Do you think the iPad will run the Kindle app like the iPhone does, O techie one? Because that would be awesome.

]]> By: joyroett http://moirarogers.com/blog/archives/1996/comment-page-1#comment-9453 joyroett Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:29:32 +0000 http://moirarogers.com/blog/?p=1996#comment-9453 Awesome post! I love Math. That is all. Awesome post! I love Math.

That is all.

]]> By: Bree http://moirarogers.com/blog/archives/1996/comment-page-1#comment-9403 Bree Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:40:33 +0000 http://moirarogers.com/blog/?p=1996#comment-9403 It's the eternal battle! LOL I can say that most epublished authors make more money if you buy their books directly from the publisher's website. Samhain is a bit different--they don't have a publisher store, exactly, but My Bookstore & More is their sister store and Samhain authors make a tiny bit more money on sales through MBAM than they do on sales from other places. (However, the difference in the Samhain books really is quite small on the whole, so I barely even think about it!) With smaller publishers it can vary a great deal. But on the whole, I would never ask a reader to buy from the publisher site instead of a store like B&N (easy for the Nook!) or Amazon (easy for the kindle!) or Fictionwise (crazy sales!) because I'm a reader, too, and sometimes I buy my books for the kindle on Amazon, or buy from Fictionwise because they're having a sale. For us, personally...well, Donna & I are crafty enough that we've kept a decent eye on our pocketbooks. No matter where you buy our books, we'll do okay. ;) I'm so glad you're enjoying them, though! Thank you so much for telling me! It’s the eternal battle! LOL I can say that most epublished authors make more money if you buy their books directly from the publisher’s website.

Samhain is a bit different–they don’t have a publisher store, exactly, but My Bookstore & More is their sister store and Samhain authors make a tiny bit more money on sales through MBAM than they do on sales from other places. (However, the difference in the Samhain books really is quite small on the whole, so I barely even think about it!)

With smaller publishers it can vary a great deal. But on the whole, I would never ask a reader to buy from the publisher site instead of a store like B&N (easy for the Nook!) or Amazon (easy for the kindle!) or Fictionwise (crazy sales!) because I’m a reader, too, and sometimes I buy my books for the kindle on Amazon, or buy from Fictionwise because they’re having a sale.

For us, personally…well, Donna & I are crafty enough that we’ve kept a decent eye on our pocketbooks. No matter where you buy our books, we’ll do okay. ;) I’m so glad you’re enjoying them, though! Thank you so much for telling me!

]]> By: Tina http://moirarogers.com/blog/archives/1996/comment-page-1#comment-9402 Tina Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:28:36 +0000 http://moirarogers.com/blog/?p=1996#comment-9402 I just recently found your books thanks to my purchase of a B&N Nook. (I *heart* it!) Converting from paper to digital was a HUGE decision for me. I'm a person who not only loves to physically hold books I am a huge supporter of my favorite authors, purchasing nearly anything they write, regardless of genre. So I was very worried that my moving to digital books would hit my authors right where it hurts - the pocketbook. Since the switch (which I am overall happy with! I found you guys after all!) I have become a digital bookstore whore! I've noticed that the prices really don't vary so it seems, if I'm reading your post correctly, that your % of the royalties do. I want to do the right thing by my authors and at the same time I'd like to make my purchases from one store. One can only be a whore for just so long! My question is, without you saying buy my books from this store, this: Is it best for you if your readers buy your books from the website your publisher recommends? I've purchased Samhain books & Loose Id books from MbM. Looking now I see that I can buy books direct from Loose Id so that's most likely where I'll go for those from now on. But...I want to do right by you! You work hard to make me happy! I want to make your pocketbooks dance! Help me help you. :) I just recently found your books thanks to my purchase of a B&N Nook. (I *heart* it!) Converting from paper to digital was a HUGE decision for me. I’m a person who not only loves to physically hold books I am a huge supporter of my favorite authors, purchasing nearly anything they write, regardless of genre. So I was very worried that my moving to digital books would hit my authors right where it hurts – the pocketbook.

Since the switch (which I am overall happy with! I found you guys after all!) I have become a digital bookstore whore! I’ve noticed that the prices really don’t vary so it seems, if I’m reading your post correctly, that your % of the royalties do.

I want to do the right thing by my authors and at the same time I’d like to make my purchases from one store. One can only be a whore for just so long!

My question is, without you saying buy my books from this store, this: Is it best for you if your readers buy your books from the website your publisher recommends? I’ve purchased Samhain books & Loose Id books from MbM. Looking now I see that I can buy books direct from Loose Id so that’s most likely where I’ll go for those from now on. But…I want to do right by you! You work hard to make me happy! I want to make your pocketbooks dance!

Help me help you. :)

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