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Where does your money actually go?

For author-supported titles, most of what you pay normally never reaches the person who wrote it. Here's the difference we are building toward.

Traditional publishing

Example: a $20 paperback on a major retailer, under a standard publishing contract.

Author royalty: typically ~10–15% → about $2–$3
The other ~85% is split between the publisher, the printer/distributor, and the retailer.

Author keeps ≈ $2–$3

On Better Bookshelves

We deduct only the two unavoidable costs:

Payment processing (≈ 2.9% + $0.30)
Printing & shipping (paperbacks only; ebooks have none)

Then 100% of the remaining revenue goes to the author. On a $20 paperback that's roughly $13–$14 to the author; on an ebook, nearly the entire price.

Author keeps 100% of net

Figures are illustrative; exact processing and printing costs vary by order.

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