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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
We're used to price having no connection to book quality. Publishers set prices according to format & length; prizewinning books cost the same as new authors' clumsy works that will never be reprinted. Classics that are loved by millions cost the same as midlist formula romances.
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But this is because we expect a mainstream published book to have a certain minimum level of quality--we expect the process to have separated the wheat from the chaff. Whereas with a self-published book, it's a leap of faith to choose to read one, and price becomes a much bigger factor in the purchasing decision.