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Originally Posted by Barty
Talent is still scarce. The authors that I love aren't really interchangeable or replaceable.
It's why I can ever get on any "boycott [insert publisher here]" train. What if they publish someone I really like?
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I don't think I've boycotted any publisher entirely. But I have boycotted their first sales. I don't buy ebooks priced at A6...but I gotta get my fix so I go used DTB.
Not quite the same thing but...
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Originally Posted by fjtorres
Okay, I'll get back on topic...
Okay, I'll get back on topic...
Over at The Digital Reader:
http://www.the-digital-reader.com/20...as-loans-drop/
That report got me thinking that in an economy of abundance, the ready availability of free promos, free PD titles, and quality low-cost titles might not only devalue hardcover and "bestseller" titles (the BPHs nightmare) but also devalue the "value" of "free!".
I'm thinking that people with Kindles (or Nooks or Kobos or whatever) full of quality reads are not going to stapede at the mere mention of a free title and can afford to be selective in what they spend their reading time. *And* might be just as willing to pick up a reasonably-priced paid title as a free one.
If that psychology prevails, pricing is only an issue at the high end and there might be no long-term advantage to creative pricing schemes. It may even be that $0.99 might *not* be the sweet spot to maximize ebook sales volume. |
I think that with the prevalence of so many authors (and newbies at that) writing serials...pricing the 1st book at $0.99 is a pretty good idea. I bought an entire series I was only vaguely interested in because the author had the first book priced so well. Typically, I wouldn't buy a 1st in a series book from an unknown author until the entire series was complete AND there were great reviews.
But with that being said. I don't go running for every free book I can find. I only have but so much time and my TBR is...a mountain. I dismiss free books all the time.
Elfwreck mentioned something earlier that I totally agreed with. When you read the sheer quantity of books I do, they are commodities. If I can't read the latest Mercedes Lackey...I can just go digging in my TBR and come up with a new book. I have no problem waiting for the prices to drop or a new release to come out. Speaking of M. Lackey...I've been disappointed in her newest Valdemar series so I decided that I'm only buying the used Hardcover. It's down to under $6 (+s&h) and Amazon right now. Or just under $10 if I buy with Amazon fulfillment (Prime member). Every now and again I check to see if the price is low enough (I want to pay under $8 with s&h but Lackey is always popular. I should have snatched up the $3.99 copy I saw but I was slow.)
In the meantime I have 178 books in my "TBR - owned" pile. That's more than a year's worth of reading if I pace myself.
