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Originally Posted by rhadin
In my case, I addressed what I view as the fundamental flaw in ebook pricing, the idea that authors and books are so unique as to justify the high pricing. I view authors as interchangeable within tiers and genres....
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JK Rowling has sold tens, if not hundreds, of millions of books. Cornelia Funke, who writes in a similar genre, has not.
Are you sure about this claim?
By the way, lots of the genre ebooks that are cranked out somewhat interchangeably are lower in price -- e.g. Harlequin and romance books.
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Originally Posted by rhadin
The real cost disparity between print and ebooks lies in shipping, warehousing, and returns.
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Yes, but that cost disparity is not that huge -- around 15%.
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Originally Posted by rhadin
Anyway, the word that ebook pricing is nonjustifiable seems to keep spreading. Perhaps the Agency 6 decision makers will actually, some day, one day, read one of those blogs and have a light bulb click on.
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OK, and the evidence for this claim is in what, the steadily booming ebook sales?
Even in the echo chamber of the Internets, I'm not seeing much of a change in the amount of complaints over pricing, especially given the phenomenal growth in the market sector.
Meanwhile, according to our friends at Amazon, of the 900k commercial books available, 740k (or, over 80%) are $10 or less, including dozens of NYT Best Sellers. Yes, clearly the public is getting mercilessly jacked....
And that doesn't include millions of public domain titles that once would cost $5-$10 for a print copy, that can now be had for free.