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by msbarnett 5616 days ago
Supposedly the "Agency Model" that most publishers have moved to in their dealings with Amazon guarantee the publishers 70% of the purchase price of the book.

In which case marking the book up with a 43% premium wouldn't change anything; Apple would still eat 30% and the publishers would eat the other 70%.

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30% markup as "Shipping and Handling" :OD