Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> writes:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> Authors like Stephen King are the exception rather than the rule.
>
> I heard even he only gets 15%.

Yes, but he has few expenses. The publisher may get most of the money,
but they often lose a lot of that in shipping, salaries, etc. I don't
have a source, but an insider once claimed that at times, people like
Stephen King get more money than the publisher does on a given book -
after you take into account all expenses.

That's why authors are trying to demand a bigger cut for ebooks. A big
chunk of publishing costs disappear.

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