per-copy

“In order to thwart Linux, Microsoft has chopped the per-copy price it charges forWindows XP for netbooks to an estimated $15 per copy, according to various sources.”

Netbook News: Rumble in the OS Jungle Comes Down to Price 2009

But that's a HUGE upfront expense and a high per-copy price, too.

Making Light: Open thread 135 2010

While there are many presses that work very well with writers for a reasonable per-copy price, there are also many that operate on the assumption that self-published books should be glossy, high-cost personal calling cards.

Author! Author! » 2010 » January 2010

Newsweek's redesign, by de-emphasizing the news, may well shrink newsstand sales -- particularly given the per-copy price increase.

No Sales Bump (Yet) for Redesigned Newsweek 2009

Newsweek's redesign, by de-emphasizing the news, may well shrink newsstand sales -- particularly given the per-copy price increase.

No Sales Bump (Yet) for Redesigned Newsweek 2009

Just as in the past you got free sheets, contract publishing, and various mixes of ad/per-copy revenue, so some publications will go paid-for, some will be entirely free, some will probably be sponsored by a single company, and so on.

Getting past newspapers’ past « BuzzMachine 2009

Microsoft's per-copy charges, they say, are prohibitive.

The United States versus Bill Gates 2008

The company said it has maintained its annual circulation revenue in recent years by using per-copy price increases, among other things, though management has said that strategy may not work in the future.

Update -- IPO For GateHouse 2006

The company said it has maintained its annual circulation revenue in recent years by using per-copy price increases, among other things, though management has said that strategy may not work in the future.

GateHouse Issues IPO 2006

My seat-of-the-pants guess is that total per-copy costs would probably run not more than $3.50, assuming relatively "average" treatment of the book and no manipulation of the numbers.

Scrivener's Error 2003