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Re:Sanderson shares intimate details about contracting with ... by taeric on Friday December 23, 2022 @11:40AM (#34107740)
This is probably skewed heavily by the credits system that Audible uses. Combined with the bundle where the Audible and Kindle versions are discounted together, it is often very low friction to get the audio version.

Of course, this is where my question of this view comes in. If you cut out Audible, how certain is Sanderson that the same number of audio books would be purchased? If it cuts over half of the sales, than that more than justifies the lower cut in profit, no?

Re:Sanderson shares intimate details about contracting with ... by unnamed76ri on Friday December 23, 2022 @12:00PM (#34108039)
With these books specifically, he already made money from his core fan base via a Kickstarter campaign. So the sales through Audible would have already been lower than a regular release.
Re:Sanderson shares intimate details about contracting with ... by taeric on Friday December 23, 2022 @12:07PM (#34108146)
Well, yeah. But that isn't helping his stance here. Doesn't necessarily hurt, but is a distraction.

He is claiming that audible gives a raw cut of profit, particularly to the smaller artists. But is there evidence that they give a smaller net payout to the same audience?

Re:Sanderson shares intimate details about contracting with ... by edanm on Saturday December 24, 2022 @12:53AM (#34114399)
There are no sales through Audible for these books. He specifically chose not to release them on Audible.

I'm fairly certain he was just looking at numbers of other books of his for comparison.