Thread: How I Evaluate ebook Prices
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Old 06-25-2011, 11:31 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by Jack Tingle View Post
My suspicion is still that Jeff Bezos[1] was trying to set a long term _floor_ for ebook prices with his famous $9.99, not a ceiling. The publishers may someday wish they'd listened.
I think you are quite possibly right, Jack. If the publishers had gone along with and issued new books in hardcover and ebook simultaneously with the ebook being at $9.99, it might have been successful.

But instead, the publishers created a backlash by trying to charge full price or even a higher price for an ebook when we can't resell it or even donate it like we can print books.

So more of us are moving towards indie books and authors who "get" ebook pricing.
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