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Originally Posted by J. Strnad
Well, I'm in for 89 cents!
So, this started as a limited time offer and seems to have become the regular price. Is that a carefully considered marketing move, or did it just happen? I've lowered the price of my book to $1.24 but only through Saturday, I think. Or is a good book really only worth a buck these days?
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Hi J.,
I wish I could claim a carefully considered anything here, but like most writers I'm just trying to figure out this whole business part of the, well, business.
It came down to not what I truly believe Boomerang to be worth, but what the market has so far accepted as a fair price for a work by an unknown author. Free has its attractions, but from what I've read, free books seldom get read, so what's the point of that? I tried $4.99 for a short time, thinking that undervaluing ones work leads others to pass it by. I am forever grateful to the folks who shelled out the five bucks and I hope they don't feel cheated, that they received their money's worth or better, but the numbers were very small. So I'm sticking with the under a buck price until the market dictates I'm an idiot not to change. Short term offers just make me skittish anymore.
And thank you very much for investing your dollar. I hope you enjoy my book.
Alan
P.S. I assume from your "device" and from the fact that Boomerang shot from the bottom to the top of Kobo's bestseller list of books that come up with the search term of "boomerang", that that is where you got your copy. I would love to hear what you think of the formatting and general readability of Boomerang on your Kobo ereader.