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I believe he is just stirring the pot, I'd ignore him, if he doesn't like fiction, then who cares, his statement regarding drawing a freaking comic book to doing research for a book should prove that he really has no clue.
Now: To stay on topic here, I won't buy the book, I really don't have an interest in it. And it's $8.76 a B&N |
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regarding the original post - the experiment can only make sense if there are the following requirements met: * the originally priced books sells for some time (so we get the numbers) * experimentally downpriced book sells for exactly same time (and period of year) * the author wrote more books that sell * it is not self advertising post to "increase" the numbers Last edited by AdamV; 12-09-2010 at 08:36 AM. |
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I do, however, know of all the hard work that goes into creating a fictional book, and I am willing to pay the author a reasonable price for said work. I wouldn't pay $.05 for a research book. They're boring. The cost-to-entertainment ratio just isn't worth it. |
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ah, just to note to everybody that Erictoma mentioned on another thread that English is not his primary language.
I'm guessing his intent is more along the lines of "I don't read fiction" or "I don't find fiction worthwhile." Myself, I am a huge believer in fiction. There are loads of scientific study which proves imagination is biologically healthy. Fictional reading is literally an exercise in imagination. I'd like to add that it is also quite necessary for most sorts of advancement. Most inventions begin as a fictional dream. |
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For those looking for the Amazon/Kindle version, it's only available to those in the US and Canada. I don't know about geographic availability in other ebook outlets - might be the same. I was toying with the idea of maybe buying a copy - either it's a legitimate if somewhat "unscientific" experiment on the part of her publishers, or an original approach to marketing - but found that, being in the UK, I can't buy it from Amazon. She says her publishers say it's a rights thing. |
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Hey, I JUST found this thread, thanks to ATDrake on another post. And thanks for starting it, Ashley! I'm excited to see all the comments it's generating.
First, I'll say this: my goal is sincere. I'd like the price of my ebook (and all ebooks) to be lower than mass market paperbacks. There are tons of blogs I've posted on this week if you're curious to find out why. I think this one says it well: Preliminary results are middling re: sales - as in, my guess is that DPS is selling 5-10x as many copies, but that might not be enough considering there's all this extra promotion going on to convince my publisher that he should lower the price on a permanent basis. At the end of this experiment, I'll share whatever info my publisher allows me to. I don't have specific stats now, but I'm hoping to. Thanks so much for all these comments/discussions. |
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