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Originally Posted by fjtorres
The timing is particularly interesting in light of the reports coming in re: KU. They are pushing romance novels out at a time KU is looking a lot more novel-friendly.
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From what little I can tell it's being done mostly by price. I think it's a silly thing to do, but if you think about it, one romance book from a trad publisher eats up most or all of the subscription dollars for a month. And if a romance reader reads TWO books--either indie or publisher from the popular read, they are likely the higher priced books. And let's face it--if you are a reader with a sub AT ALL, if you see a book for 9 dollars on Amazon, you're going to check SCRIBD to see if you can read it there!
But romance readers are quite possibly some of SCRIBDs loyal base...yet are costing them the most money.
Their model is obviously broken, but "fixing" it by taking out high-priced books (especially if popular or newly released) is likely to break it worse! There's some feeling in some indie circles that SCRIBD may be hoping authors will lower the price of their books to get them back in, but that's simply crazy. They have higher prices because they are selling well! And books are funny--you have to strike while you can. A book making money or selling for 8 dollars today might not make that tomorrow. An author has to balance things out.
I think SCRIBD is crazy for taking this route, but we'll have to see where it comes out.