Clarkesworld is experimenting with the pricing of their ebook edition, dropping it from $2.99 to $0.99 for the March issue, #54.
The post announcing the experiment explains how Amazon and Barnes and Noble create incentives for ebooks to be priced at certain rates:
| Amazon |
70% royalty (minus delivery fee) for books priced between $2.99 and $9.99, 35% royalty for everything else |
| B&N.com | 65% royalty for books priced between $2.99 and $9.99, 40% royalty for everything else |
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