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Amazon Increases Kindle Book Royalty Payouts To 70 Percent

Amazon Increases Kindle Book Royalty Payouts To 70 Percent

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Amazon has dropped a bombshell by announcing that it will be increasing the amount of money given to publishers and authors although, as Engadget points out, it does come with some big threads attached. As from the 30th of June, the Kindle manufacturer says that it will keep only 30 percent of the list price of an electronic book in the hope that the discount encourages authors and publishers to drop their prices. The scheme, which will be in addition to the current...



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