When I started my spreadsheet it was just the copy numbers, since it was all from the publisher's website anyway. I'd need to go back and do some comparisons on the statements to get a feel for overall percentages, but my impression is that currently more money per copy heads my way from ARe than from FW.
The Barnes&Noble numbers are just starting to show up, and they really are a tiny trickle, but right now they're paying more per copy than FW is. I suspect that this is partly because FW is forever running promotions that mean the net passed back to the publisher to share with the author can be as low as 25% of cover, and B&N hasn't really got into that game yet.
However, as some of the people buying through FW are people who wouldn't buy ebooks other than through a distributor anyway, I'm not going to grumble too much. FW does offer some significant benefits to users other than than never-ending promotions, so I can see *why* some readers would rather buy there than direct.
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Date: 2010-01-09 05:40 pm (UTC)The Barnes&Noble numbers are just starting to show up, and they really are a tiny trickle, but right now they're paying more per copy than FW is. I suspect that this is partly because FW is forever running promotions that mean the net passed back to the publisher to share with the author can be as low as 25% of cover, and B&N hasn't really got into that game yet.
However, as some of the people buying through FW are people who wouldn't buy ebooks other than through a distributor anyway, I'm not going to grumble too much. FW does offer some significant benefits to users other than than never-ending promotions, so I can see *why* some readers would rather buy there than direct.