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sufue · 05-01-2012, 06:30 PM

I noticed in arcadata's wonderful May affiliate thread (https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=177087) that there are a bunch of HarperCollins mystery series backlists now with $3.99 prices, and even $1.99 for a few (mostly first-in-series) titles. See posts 3, 5, 9, 12, 13, 14, 21, 24, and 26 in that thread.

This is much closer to where I think backlist pricing should be, although $3.99 is still not cheap enough for me to replace DTBs I already own, unless from a particularly loved series. But $3.99 is definitely a price that I would buy backlist e-books at, in preference to buying used or checking out from the library, if I were to find a previously unknown (to me) series that I liked and didn't already own in DTB.

Still, I'm tempted to go ahead and buy a few in some one of the series I like (although none are ones I love), to encourage this sort of pricing on HC's part...we'll see how rich I feel tonight...

05-01-2012, 06:30 PM	#1
sufue lost in my e-reader... Posts: 8,068 Karma: 61341458 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: sunny southern California, USA Device: Android phone, Sony T1, Nook ST Glowlight, Galaxy Tab 7 Plus	Harper Collins doing some price experimenting???? I noticed in arcadata's wonderful May affiliate thread (https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=177087) that there are a bunch of HarperCollins mystery series backlists now with $3.99 prices, and even $1.99 for a few (mostly first-in-series) titles. See posts 3, 5, 9, 12, 13, 14, 21, 24, and 26 in that thread. This is much closer to where I think backlist pricing should be, although $3.99 is still not cheap enough for me to replace DTBs I already own, unless from a particularly loved series. But $3.99 is definitely a price that I would buy backlist e-books at, in preference to buying used or checking out from the library, if I were to find a previously unknown (to me) series that I liked and didn't already own in DTB. Still, I'm tempted to go ahead and buy a few in some one of the series I like (although none are ones I love), to encourage this sort of pricing on HC's part...we'll see how rich I feel tonight...