Thread: Publishers still missing the point on e-book prices
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Old 12-29-2011, 09:58 AM   #391
Steven Lyle Jordan
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Originally Posted by anamardoll View Post
90% of the complaints I have seen about eBook pricing in the past 3 months have made it clear that the problem occurs when the eBook costs either (a) more than $9 and/or (b) more than the latest paper version.
Not including, of course, miscellaneous "used" books at $2, etc.

I agree: Any ebook at $7US has a hard time getting my money... I'm good with any ebook at $5 or less. $9 or more I'll hardly entertain.

Sometimes I think that maybe, if ebooks could add some "extra" material to the text, similar to DVD's extra features, it might be worth spending more than $9 for an ebook. But usually, I'm damned if I can think of what extra features would be worth that. Research notes? Outlines and drafts? Unused scenes? Character notes? And I'm not sure how desirable that would be from a nobody author (like me, for instance)... but would you pay extra for that stuff if it came from King? Rowling? Comley?
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