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Oldpilot · 09-14-2010, 03:04 PM

Great discussion--thanks to all of you. If you should read the Kindle DTP publishers' forum, I think you will conclude that author/publishers are raising the bar on prices. I know I am. I find that the ideal Amazon price is $5.99 but at the same time having the book on Barnes & Noble, which discounts it by 20 percent to $4.79. Amazon matches that price and pays the 70 percent royalty on the sales price. So I get roughly $3.30 and the buyer gets an apparent bargain. (There is a small transmission fee, a dime or so for any book that is mostly text.)

I'd be interested in knowing what UK shoppers think of odd prices, say £4.01, which can result from the conversion of the USD price to the GBP price. I have gone to great lengths to make sure that prices end in point 99, in this case £3.99. Does it make the slightest difference?

Thanks again.

09-14-2010, 03:04 PM	#74
Oldpilot Groupie Posts: 184 Karma: 2572 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: Kindle	Great discussion--thanks to all of you. If you should read the Kindle DTP publishers' forum, I think you will conclude that author/publishers are raising the bar on prices. I know I am. I find that the ideal Amazon price is $5.99 but at the same time having the book on Barnes & Noble, which discounts it by 20 percent to $4.79. Amazon matches that price and pays the 70 percent royalty on the sales price. So I get roughly $3.30 and the buyer gets an apparent bargain. (There is a small transmission fee, a dime or so for any book that is mostly text.) I'd be interested in knowing what UK shoppers think of odd prices, say £4.01, which can result from the conversion of the USD price to the GBP price. I have gone to great lengths to make sure that prices end in point 99, in this case £3.99. Does it make the slightest difference? Thanks again.