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Who are you using as a distributor? I don't think Ingram Spark will even let you set the discount less than 40% anymore.

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Booksellers were telling me Ingram and the discount was $18.99 which is why I was selling my author copies at $10 to them. (My cost was $5.)

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Oh wait, I forgot the IS number includes the 30% cut they take (on top of the printing cost). So if you set the discount to 40%, the bookseller sees 10%. And I think the booksellers want 25% (which is 55% on IS).

I may have this wrong, so don't base any decisions on my iffy understanding. There's a reason I prioritize ebook sales!

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Yeah, that makes total sense! When I start publishing widely myself, eBook is the primary format!

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