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Originally Posted by Assassin
Hi Giggleton.
I think everyone who writes aspires to having at least enough sales to cover the cost of book covers, and dare I say it, ink and paper. (I still like to edit my work on paper in a cozy chair). I don't see anything wrong with giving free material to create a market for other works and then raising the price. Some people get a bargain other pay a price.
Such is life.
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Yes, but what I am referring to is offering a book at a price of zero for say a month, and then raising the price, to say ten dollars.
Why do most of us assume that this is ethical? Would it be ethical to redistribute the book that you obtained at a price of zero to others if the price was maintained at zero? To me the answer is yes.
If you are against agency pricing, which I think most of the readers here are, then you would also be against the ability of an author to raise the price of their book. Or at least against the ability of an author to charge more or less? than any price that they offered their book up to the market initially.
It is some bizarre stuff to think about but to me it is quite interesting.