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Wow - just saw all these other comments, too, from last night. Sensual poet - thanks! You seem to know a lot about Canadian mysteries. Dundurn is another Toronto press who publishes mysteries - I have a friend whose mysteries are published there.
Sensual/emellaich - A sliding scale sounds cool, too - though I admit as a reader I'd be confused by it - but having one price for the newest book in the series and a lower one for earlier books is a good idea - kind of like when a hardcover is released, and the earlier books are already available in paperback.
Shack - I agree - the industry has set the standard price too high. I'm not sure if it's due to greed or fear - I think it's fear, because if ebooks cost a lot, then people won't buy them, and the print book industry would be in less jeopardy. That's not happening, though - the world is going digital - which is why I think it's time to analyze the ACTUAL value of an ebook - not what some big publishers originally wanted them to cost.
ficbot - yeah, I agree, as a new writer, I think my book should cost less - so people take a chance on it. If they love it and want the next one in the series, awesome. But that argument will never sell my publisher, who believes that good writing is good writing, and should be valued as such. (They're idealists, which I love, but I disagree with that point.)
wolw - thanks for weighing in - sorry books are so expensive over there!!
Kali - YES, this experiment is imperfect in so many ways. The one I'd really like to try would be 6 months at $4.99. This was what my publisher offered, so I took it. I'm hoping the results are strong enough that he lets me try the long term one - i.e., one where the results will actually mean something.
JS Wolf - thanks! I agree. It's not that a lower price will make someone want the book, but if they're browsing and it looks cool, the lower price will turn interest into a sale more quickly, I think.
SeaBookGuy - I know. these rules are so bizarre. The industry makes very little sense to me - but since I love writing more than anything else in the world, I'm trying to figure it out enough to make a living from it. But yeah - the strange rules you see can be so nutty.
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