I estimate that a publisher charges about 3 times what their cost is. I estimate that based on the fact that as a writer, I can get a 40% discount. So I have to figure that they are still making some pennies on every copy they sell me.
$700,000 + publishing cost (200,000 x $6.00 printing cost) - (($18.33 (Amazon hard cover price) x 945 = $17,321.85)) =
$1,900,000 - $17,321.85 =
a $1,882,678.20 loss.
Add to that Simon & Schuster’s $10 million loss with Hillary’s book, “Hard Choices.”
http://theblacksphere.net/2014/07/hillary-clintons-book-hard-choices-10-million-loss-publisher/
I feel somebody’s gonna get promoted over these fiascos!