Thread: Interesting article on book pricing and why it might rise
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Old 11-27-2010, 08:05 PM   #46
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Originally Posted by DMcCunney View Post
No dodging is necessary. Baen's model works for Baen. It will not work for most other publishers, especially the big ones.

For reasons why, see Kris Rusch's blog posts on the topic. Kris knows whereof she speaks: she has been a publisher (she and her husband Dean Wesley Smith published an innovative hardcover fiction magazine called Pulphouse back in the late 80's/early 90's), and editor (she was editor of the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction for a few years, before Mercury Press sold it to Gordon Van Gelder), and is a current full time freelance writer.

See http://kriswrites.com/2010/10/28/the...-times-part-2/ and following columns.
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Dennis
A good series of articles. The span from breaking even (10000) to certain bestseller (miljons of copies) is worth remembering. It illustrates just how important the best sellers are for the big publishers. And a good point was made that big publishers are good for the readers.
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