#fucking capitalism

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thebibliosphere:

So, remember that time I posted about how I made a penny on one of my sales and assumed it came from a sale of my 1.99 short story?

Yeah…

It actually came from a $14.99 paperback sale.

ID: a screenshot of an Amazon sales report. On the left hand side, a list of global Amazon marketplaces are listed, followed by the currency and a break down of sales. Ebooks vs paperback vs hardcover and total royalties. OP has elected to censor their overall earnings for the sake of privacy, but has left the Australian market visible. The graph shows that one sale of a $1.99 book resulted in 63 cents in profit, while the sale of a single $14.99 paperback resulted in 1 cent profit. /end ID.

Yeah.Yeah.

Between this and Ingram Spark putting their pricing up (again), I’m going to have to adjust my pricing. I’m already earning less than $2 per paperback sale in the US. If I don’t put prices up, I’m going to be earning negative money across multiple markets.

I’m sorry gang. I’ll try to keep my prices as low as I can, but the $14.99 price tag has to change. I’ll be updating my prices on Monday, May 23rd 2022. It will likely take a few days/weeks for it to show, and may even temporarily make the book unavailable while retailers update.

If you want a paperback copy of Phangs, (flirting with fangs edition) (fluff and fangs edition) now would be the time to grab one before the price changes go into effect.

Again, sorry. I hate doing this but the current fees just aren’t sustainable :(

coooooooooooooulson:

sepiachord:

Remember when they called us “Human Capital Stock?”

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