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03-16-2010, 09:12 AM | #16 | |
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https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...ishers+pricing Feel free to copy & use it - or develop one of your own. The only real way consumers have of communicating with publishers is through their sales figures. Let them know how much their tactics are costing them! |
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03-16-2010, 11:43 AM | #17 |
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03-16-2010, 12:25 PM | #18 | |
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So in the future when people start realizing/appreciating the benefits of the digital format I don't see why books shouldn't be able to sell close to the same price as a paperback. That being said as things stand today my price limit for an e-book title is around $12 before I opt-out and buy some other title. |
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03-16-2010, 12:35 PM | #19 | |
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I have one question for the OP: What did you do before ebooks? Did you page through the Sunday Review, see the little sidebar with the $25 pricetag and move on? Why should things be different now? This is just another example of MobileRead navel-gazing. Why should publishers be worried about losing your precious $9.99 when there are others who value books more and are prepared to pay more? |
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03-16-2010, 12:46 PM | #20 | |
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The real issues for me are these:
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03-16-2010, 12:48 PM | #21 | |
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03-16-2010, 12:53 PM | #22 | |
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I buy a lot of books today that I may not get to read for months, if not years, in the future -- my to-read list is more than 100 books that I have bought and grows every month (e.g., I have 7 books on preorder). The "advantage" of ebooks is only a certain advantage as long as you only plan to read a book once and immediately on purchase. Future reading becomes iffy. |
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03-16-2010, 02:51 PM | #23 |
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I agree DRM solutions of today is far from optimal. Elib a swedish e-book distributor started watermarking their books instead of the regular DRM schemes, one would think this would be a very welcome change but it turned out they had put the watermarking on every other page taking the attention away from the actual reading. After massive critic they change it to be less frequent for everyones benefit.
So far the best solution is actually the watermarking because it doesn't lock you to a certain device and the company has still gotten a form of protection against piracy and you should be safe for years to come to still be able to read your books on any device you see fit. |
03-16-2010, 11:07 PM | #24 |
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I think you guys just hit it on the head bigtime right there by mentioning DRM. I'm a proponent of open formats (I'm a huge FOSS zealot), so all I will ever support is epub and pdf, and both will be offered WITHOUT DRM for as long as I absolutely can. The only way I'd lock down an ebook under DRM would be if I was not allowed to sell my books unless they had DRM, and even then I'd probably pitch a bloody fit until they dropped the requirement. Same goes for proprietary formats, such as Kindle.
The only place I know of right now that it's either go proprietary or deny your book to a customer base in the hundreds of millions is on Amazon. And despite being forced to go with the Kindle format on Amazon, it will be offered 100% without DRM. I will not support a technology that is inherently anti-consumer, as that's an insult to all my readers. And I'm hoping that very soon the couple of lawsuits working their way through the courts will force Amazon to also offer their books in epub and pdf formats as well. Because, if they do, I will be all over it and will drop my offering of the kindle format like a hot potato. So with that said, if a book normally retailed for $16 in paperback, if it were offered in an open format such as epub or pdf, would it still be worth $9.99 as an ebook? Or are you guys dead set on only ever paying $5 a copy for an ebook? As I've said before, I'm digging for input all over the place in order to finally decide my pricing strategy for my books when I finally release them in ebook format. |
03-16-2010, 11:54 PM | #25 |
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Can't help but chime in.
Reason's to pay less for an eBook
So, let's put a number on those:
So, for a $28 Hardback book, if you apply these one at a time:
I would consider that a fair MSRP then for a new release eHard Back. Not that I ever pay MSRP... Last edited by riemann42; 03-16-2010 at 11:57 PM. Reason: Changed Hard back to eHard Back to be more clear and more cheeky. |
03-17-2010, 12:03 AM | #26 |
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One more thought: If you want publishers to take eBooks seriously, then they can't be worth less than physical books. As long as they are perceived as less valuable, they will be.
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03-17-2010, 02:14 PM | #27 | |
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Personally I never re-sell books and don't care about that. I don't want DRM on my books so I know that I will be able to use them 20 years from now... or perhaps allow my wife or kids to read them (as they would with a paper book) on some other device than I used. I feel with DRM I am renting the book. When I rent a DVD it cost about $3 for a few nights. I watch it once and return it. If I want to own it I pay $12-$20 and can watch it whenever. So, if you want to rent me the book if should be about 10% of the purchase cost of a paper book. BOb Last edited by pilotbob; 03-17-2010 at 04:33 PM. |
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03-17-2010, 02:35 PM | #28 |
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I still think the easiest answer is: Purchase a paper copy of the book you want (the cheapest you can find, used is best) so now you have a "license" for the book. Now just download the eBook from your favorite torrent site and read it on your reader of choice. No DRM, no waiting, no restrictions...
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03-17-2010, 09:43 PM | #30 | |
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