Yeah, I have an explicit $10 or less ebook selection policy for my book review blog. I could make exceptions but 99% of the time I don't look at ebooks priced over $10. An author emailed me and asked me about it because he was releasing an ebook at the same time as his hardcover and had an ebook price at around $14. I explained my policy to him (because I don't know a lot of people who'd purchase an indie science fiction ebook over $10). I hope he wasn't too miffed and I hope he found an interested reviewer.
I might have missed reviewing the greatest book ever written, but there's plenty of great books in the $10 and less price point. I have enough interesting fiction to read already. I'm personally only willing to pay more than $10 if I'm getting a book that I highly anticipated by an author I'm a big fan of. If it's by an unknown (to me) indie author, then that price is just too steep.
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