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Q&A: What's the difference between Amazon Advantage and regular seller accounts?

By Steve Weber | Published: March 26, 2007

QUESTION: I’m an independent publisher. What’s the difference between Amazon’s Advantage program and selling books on Marketplace using a Pro-Merchant account? I know that with the Advantage program, Amazon lists publishers’ books for free and charges 55 percent commission. Pro-Merchant sellers pay only 15 percent commission plus a $39.99 monthly fee. Why, then, would anyone [...]

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Q&A: How many bookstore sales can I expect for each Amazon sale?

By Steve Weber | Published: March 8, 2007

QUESTION: I have a book for sale on Amazon, and now I’m getting it distributed to bookstores. How many more sales can I expect when my book is available in stores? I’ve heard that if you get your books into the stores, you’ll sell more books — but how can I forecast the number of [...]