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Originally Posted by Keryl Raist
What do you think of the Indies? Technically, we're all agency priced too because that's the only way we can get onto Amazon or Barnes and Noble or whatever. Granted we're mostly charging .99-5.99. Are you boycotting us as well? And if not, why not?
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My issue, be it 'indies' or otherwise, is not the price itself as a dollar amount, but rather the price as it is relative to other options which may be available to me. This is why the 'agency' pricing has been an issue---because paper copies CAN be discounted, so I frequently encounter situations where an ebook version costs more than the lowest-priced paper option, so I feel like I am being punished for being an ebook fan and I feel like the publishers are not taking my business seriously. It's not that I can't afford $6 or $8 or whatever it is. It's that I am offended I am being asked to pay MORE money for something that has less cost to produce, which can't be lent or re-sold, which can be removed from my bookshelf at the publisher's whim etc.
Similarly, an indie who priced their book at $9 would not get my business because I know I can get a professionally edited book by a name author for that price so why would I take my chances on a possibly not very well edited book by someone I have never heard of for that same amount? It's not that I can't afford $9. It's that it's (to me) an unreasonable price for what I'm getting in that particular situation.