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Originally Posted by FizzyWater
My frustration - and I can only speak for mine - is that publishers want me to pay differently for an ebook that the print book. Hell, I was ticked off when publishers started using trade paper books as an intermediary between hardback and MMPB. I don't think ANY fiction book is worth $26 or even $15. My personal "sweet-spot" for the average-length fiction story is $5-$6, but I'm happy to pay less if I can get a nice deal and have been known to pay more if I want it NOW and don't want to wait for it to have a deal or come down to a MMPB price.
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Right. Basically, Baen have it right I think. $6 is good for new books. $5 and $4 for older ones that people are not as interested in they do also for some titles - and even some omnibuses.
I hate trade paperbacks, too. Take up too much space, often the paper is crappy for the price, the covers curl up in our weather, yuck fonts and spacing etc. etc.
The pricing above for ebooks is what Dean Wesley Smith advocates similarly on his website I think, 4.99 or so for a novel/collection for the books they do independently.
In those ballparks are good value for reader money. Basically a bit less than what a paperback could be made for.
Now we have the Australian situation where two of the six big publishers want to charge 13-15 for OLD books and $21-$35 for new ones. Crazy. And there they were saying agency pricing means same prices for everyone.
