06-07-2011, 03:45 PM | #136 | |
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Looks like small and medium sized publishers, along with Amazon, are trying an experiment with sale pricing on backlist books.
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If you want to actually influence the publishers into offering backlist books at low prices, help yourselves to some deals. $$$ speak to publishers a lot louder than screeds on Internet forums . |
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06-07-2011, 03:57 PM | #137 |
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All of our titles are available from Amazon at $2.99 or £2.08. There are many publishers out there who are just plainly setting their prices wrong or trying to see what the market can bear. This is still relatively new territory for many but that is not an excuse. Many people also avoid $0.99 cent books because they think the price reflects the quality of writing. As a pricing model $0.99 is unsustainable unless you are shifting big numbers. The main challenge publishers’ face (speaking personally) is hoping that consumers adapt to paying for digital content in a world where a few clicks of the mouse can lead you to download illegal content freely.
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06-08-2011, 01:16 PM | #138 | |
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I just purchased a NookColor to take with me on vacation. In addition to mis-understanding that I couldn't directly d/l non-Nook books via WiFi, I came upon the rude pricing model. As someone w/ a annual reading habit well over $1k (if I bought every library book & kept every book that was "meh"), I buy a good chunk of PBs via coupons. Why I can save 10-60% on a Paperback book, but 0% on an eBook, I don't understand. I get 1-3 weekly coupons from one Bookstore, 1-2 a week from another; yet I can't sign up - OUR PAY - for membership to a discount club/newletter for eBooks of "current" books nor older SF books I'd love to have in my collection but don't have room on the paper-bookshelf for. I haven't decided if I'm keeping the NookColor, due to the pricing structure for eBooks I can get from B&N, plus the hassle of d/l books to it from the ePublishers I can download to my tiny iPhone for immediate reading. I'm OK w/ no 3G, WiFi only - but let me d/l from other sites as well. |
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06-09-2011, 10:40 AM | #139 |
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Some of them are very expensive but it depends how big is it. If it is a relatively short story less than 50000 words it is a shame to price it more than 3-4 dollars. The last book i read was nearly 140000 and i bought it for 9.99 which i think is fair enough.
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06-09-2011, 10:57 AM | #140 |
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I will pay more for a good book that is short than a mediocre book that is long. It is also easier to write a good long book than a shorter one. So if you want to pay for the authors work choosing a short book to pay more for is probably the right strategy.
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