Amazon starts giving $1 indie books top billing, a list

ImogenRose · 06-08-2010, 07:12 PM

http://ireaderreview.com/2010/06/04/...illing-a-list/

SensualPoet · 06-08-2010, 08:20 PM

I was really intrigued by Ruth Francisco's Primal Wounds title ... it's 99¢ in the US but carried a $2.00 surcharge in Canada. It's a psychological thriller with a hook about adoption. I can't complain about a $3 price point -- cool! -- but it irks me the author gets a fraction of $3 I will pay.

ImogenRose · 06-08-2010, 08:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SensualPoet

I was really intrigued by Ruth Francisco's Primal Wounds title ... it's 99¢ in the US but carried a $2.00 surcharge in Canada. It's a psychological thriller with a hook about adoption. I can't complain about a $3 price point -- cool! -- but it irks me the author gets a fraction of $3 I will pay.

Hopefully she'll increase her price to $2.99 soon and take advantage of Amazon's new 70/30 option for indie authors.

BVLarson · 06-11-2010, 04:02 AM

Congratz Imogen on being one of the mentions! I'm seeing those $1 titles all the time when I log in, but I assumed that was because I so often click/buy such books. I'm a bit surprised the writer didn't seem to notice that a lot of the top 100 are Indies. Last time I counted it was 11 out of the first 100 were indies, especially mysteries and romance.

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06-08-2010, 08:20 PM	#2
SensualPoet Wizard Posts: 2,302 Karma: 2607151 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Toronto Device: Kobo Aura HD, Kindle Paperwhite, Asus ZenPad 3, Kobo Glo	I was really intrigued by Ruth Francisco's Primal Wounds title ... it's 99¢ in the US but carried a $2.00 surcharge in Canada. It's a psychological thriller with a hook about adoption. I can't complain about a $3 price point -- cool! -- but it irks me the author gets a fraction of $3 I will pay.

06-11-2010, 04:02 AM	#4
BVLarson Author Posts: 123 Karma: 900 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: California Device: Kindle	Congratz Imogen on being one of the mentions! I'm seeing those $1 titles all the time when I log in, but I assumed that was because I so often click/buy such books. I'm a bit surprised the writer didn't seem to notice that a lot of the top 100 are Indies. Last time I counted it was 11 out of the first 100 were indies, especially mysteries and romance.