Speaking candily: My first cd (1998)sold out on 1000 copies I got and I had to buy 500 more; to date it cost $6,000.00 to make and manufacture the profit has been about $3,000.00 so $2.00 profit per unit .. YAHOO . I guess that would be something if I sold 50,000 units . So the other thing to look at is how many units you are thinking you will sell . Under 5,000 units Im shore everyone would be fine wih a fixed monitary reanbursment . THe real money comes in the 10's of thousands sales . On the whole , the reason we make CD's is to get the music out there.Learning and promotion are the first reasons and profits may be an extra and most likely farther down the road.
                         All the best , Guy