„On a $25 hardcover, the author made $3.75 and the publisher made $4.50. This is after the costs directly associated with paper books–printing, shipping, distribution, corrugation–are paid by the publisher. So the author profit and publisher profit are pretty similar.
On a $25 ebook, the author made $3.12, and the publisher made $9.37. Publisher went from making a little more than the author, to almost triple, for no justifiable reason other than greed. This is based on the wholesale model, where a publisher would sell an ebook to Amazon for $12.50 which would have a suggested retail price of $25, same as a hardcover. But Amazon discounts, rarely charging the recommended retail price. The publisher would make $9.37 whether Amazon charged customers $25, $15, $10, or $5.
On a $25 ebook under the agency model (for comparison’s sake). the author made $4.37 and the publisher made $13.12. But under the agency model, publishers control retail price, and I‘ve never seen them price a single title at $25. They do price at $14.99. At $14.99, the author makes $2.62, and the publisher makes $7.87.
So under the wholesale model, a $9.99 ebook was earning $3.12 for the author. Under the agency model, a $9.99 ebook earns $1.75 for the author. Ouch.“
Quelle: http://jakonrath.blogspot.de/2012/05/exploited-writers-in-unfair-industry.html