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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
Actually, there isn't a "book market" either e or p. There is a myriad of smaller niche markets, all lumped together.
You're seeing different people in different niches making niche relevant comments.
For example, I don't read "mainstream" fiction or celebrity/political/topical nonfiction. These are the mainstays of the big 6 publishers. Shrug - I'm not their customer, I could care less what they charge. Same for Romances, it doesn't matter if they charge .99 cents or $15, I'm not interested. But other people are, and make comments.
I get frustrated when publishers of books I'd like to have (out of print S/F- Fantasy) aren't made available because there isn't a market for 50 year old books for $15. And the attitude of "if they won't sell 100,000 copies, why bother" among the controllers of the copyrights.
There is a proven market for those sort of books, but only at $5-$6 dollars. (see Baen).
One publisher of the big 6 seems to have gotten it (Gollancz). Their prices are higher that I feel will sell the best ($8.66 and $5.33, and I don't know how they choose which price), and I can't buy 2/3 of the titles I want because of geo-restrictions, but I think they'll make a nice profit on the deal (if the e-books are well proofed).
But I won't pay over $10 for any e-book. And if I can't buy what I want, that's a sale that some company is just giving up...
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Some of the Gollancz books of course are available at Baen too, Poul Anderson, Cordwainer Smith for example - even some volumes with multiple books for less than the price they are selling one for. So it pays to check.