Browsing the archives for the greed tag

Amazon ups the royalty rate for Kindle publishers to 70%

This goes out to all those people who sit there on the Amazon forums and complain about how expensive Kindle books are. Previously, Amazon was only giving the publisher (which can also mean the author if it is a self-published book) 35% of the sales price. So if your book was, say, $1, the profits [...]

Sellers: How do you deal with overpayments?

One of the things I have always found to be a bit of a sticky subject is overpayments. A buyer buys several items from me and the shipping calculator gives them a combined shipping quote that is far more than actual shipping costs. Now, I have a warning on nearly all of my listings saying, [...]

The Whine Seller