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stock_toaster
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The Game Engine Black Book: Doom
> wait, how can the distributor take 40% and production 57%?
No kidding! I thought app stores were rough at 30%!
dpwm
on Dec 9, 2018
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And Amazon on e-books take 65%, unless you're willing to give them additional controls on the e-book -- in which case they'll take 30%.
freeflight
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What would those "additional controls" look like? Amazon adding DRM?
dpwm
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Mainly less freedom on pricing. But even then there are some territories where you're going to get 35% after bandwidth costs are deducted [0]. Strangely, from what I've seen, KDP appears agnostic on DRM and gives you the choice.
[0] Yes, really.
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No kidding! I thought app stores were rough at 30%!