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Originally Posted by rhadin
A lot of Smashwords titles were priced under the $2.99 floor that Amazon imposes for the 70% author cut. I expect that we will see a sharp increase in pricing to that $2.99 floor. And when it comes about, we can all send Amazon thank yous for taking the first step to raise ebook prices as it exercises its increasing market power.
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I'm not really seeing this. In fact, a lot of authors are lowering their price to 99 cents again because the low price can really rocket sales. Some of those sales may only last through the Christmas selling season, but I have noticed a rather larger number of authors who tried $2.99 deciding they could actually sel more at 99 cents and make almost the same amount of money.
The key, I think, is that one single model doesn't work for everyone. With so many people with different goals, I think the pricing structure will continue to be varied.