04-11-2013, 07:52 AM | #1 |
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Trends in ebook prices
In 2012 the justice department filed a lawsuit against several major book publishers and Apple accusing them of price collusion to raise book prices. Since that time have you seen any trends in ebook prices?
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Well, since you're asking:
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04-11-2013, 08:56 AM | #3 |
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I wish they'd separate out indy published ebooks from trad published ebooks when they do price summaries, because I've rarely seen a trad published ebook below $6.99, and that's definitely the high end for indy books.
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As a voracious reader, I'm definitely in favor of lower ebook prices. Unfortunately, for the books I'm interested in, I haven't seen as much of a price reduction as I'd been led to believe would take place. I still have an Amazon wish list of books whose ebook prices are - to me personally - overpriced, with the highest being a T.C. Boyle short story collection at $17.99, and none of the prices have budged. In fact a nonfiction history book by Susan Wise Bauer recently jumped about $6. These publishers could be getting more of my money than they are.
For example, I'm reading American Colonies by Alan Taylor right now. I reluctantly checked the - gasp!- physical book out of the library (it is a frikkin' doorstop!), after months of waiting for the ebook ($15.99) to come down in price. My library doesn't have it in ebook format. I would've paid up to $10 or maybe even broken my own rule and gone up to $12 for this particular title, given that is a nonfiction book that required much research, is rather lengthy, and is highly acclaimed. Still, it was also released 11 years ago, so $16 is too high.That's probably lost revenue for Penguin and Amazon, though I may buy the book after I read it (if it comes down in price), to have a copy for myself and to support the author and encourage similar books to be written and published. |
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At least for the books that I primarily read (non-fiction historical books), there has definitely not been a downward trend. In fact, the opposite is true a lot of times. I am following some prices on ereaderiq and the price of a lot of my books have gone up a dollar or two. Some as much as $8. Those books will not be brought until the price comes down to a reasonable price. I think for non-fiction books $10 is a good price. For the longer ones, I can see a more expensive price, but there is no way that I am going to spend $18 for a 323 page book.
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I've seen an upward price trend with fiction titles too. New releases of "name" authors seem to be priced between $12.99 to $14.99. I understand that new releases are commonly priced higher, but even after a year many titles still cost more than $9.99, US prices.
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I know this is a little off the subject but has anyone announced what the combined Random House and Penguin company will be called? Have they picked between the Random Penguin or perhaps the House Penguin?
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Randguin or Pendom?
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They can call it whatever they want but to many of us they'll always be the Random Penguin.
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They already have branch offices in many Major City (Zoos)
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Well, I was recently encouraged by B&N's big sale. They had books in there that I don't think would have been on sale under agency pricing. I got books from Hachette, Macmillan, and S&S, released in the last two years, for $5-$6. In addition to general price drops, I want more sales/more discounts!
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