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Originally Posted by rhadin
So, yes, $2.99 is a fair price for an author I am familiar with; not with an author with whom I am unfamiliar and thus have no certainty that they know how to construct a sentence, let alone a paragraph and a book.
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How often are we truly unfamiliar with an author though? Everything we need to get familiar is right there for the taking. Amazon reviews and customer ratings, sales ranks, writer blogs, forums, and--most importantly--the ability to preview a good chunk of whatever book you are thinking about buying.
It's only really a shot in the dark if you don't make use of these resources. The instant we see that a book has 100 reviews and a four star average, though, we can't claim to be unfamiliar anymore.
It makes some sense that a book with no ratings and a low sales rank, or a book that is poorly written, would be priced at $.99. But in my opinion, no book with a bunch of positive ratings should ever dip below $2.99.
Taking things in perspective, it is absolutely absurd that $2.99 is high for a book when people are paying nearly twice that for a latte. Experience a book that someone probably slaved over for an extended period of time--or buy a bag of Doritos?
