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Originally Posted by stonetools
I've seen Elfmark complain about backlist titles from the mid 1980s being offered for $10. Then there is Ralph Sir Edwards post than $2 should be the default. So there is resistance to the $6-10 price point.
To further answer your question
* The actual buying patterns of ebook buyers.
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Looks like the average ebook buyer, contrary to MR belief, is more focused on current bestsellers than on backlist.
* From Poohbear in the other thread:
* From jb cohen (other thread):
All of this means that it will take time -a few years- before the publishers put out their back-list, even where it may make sense to do so. |
I used a range of $2-5 dollars. I used $2 as the worst case senario for the publisher. Let's use a $2.99 price point at Amazon. $2 goes to the author/publisher, Amazon gets the $.99. Split the $2 50/50 and how many books sales does it take to pay out the costs to product the e-book? My estimate is 300-500 sales. Anything above that becomes pure profit. No marketing costs, no production costs, 1 cent a year (being generous) for storage.
But that would potential take demand away from your bestsellers (at $15-20 for the same cost structure...)
Sorry, I don't buy it. Or else those niche marketers would have died years ago...