And for now at least, the deals are more lucrative, with better royalty rates.
Still, the new royalty rate is higher than the old one.
The problem is that Amazon won't give a good royalty rate if they price it at less than $2.99.
This includes offering current royalty rates that are only likely to come down in future.
The terms of the license are confidential, but the royalty rate is believed to be 1 percent.
The debt is repaid by the artist at the royalty rate of about 10 percent.
The new royalty rate is expected to raise $766 million a year, up from $46 million.
The 2004 decision included only one sentence on royalty rates, he said.
The typical royalty rate is 1 to 5 percent, depending on the power of your pull.
Such distributions tend to have a low royalty rate for artists.