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Originally Posted by DixieGal
It seems that $9.95 is a small price to pay for something an author poured his/her time and talent into. Strange comparison, but think of the income of someone like Tiger Woods compared to any writer out there. Extraordinary talent is exceptionally rare, but authors are not rewarded for their work the way athletes are. He would still have to sell a lot of books at $9.95 to catch up with others who are paid based on special talents.
Not all of us can just sit down and write a book. It is a special gift, similar to the ability to knock a small ball into a small hole. I wish I could do either!
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It made perfect sense, and authors do pour their time and talent into their work.
But carrying on the analogy, Woods makes the sort of money he does because he's simply the best golfer ever. There are scads of golfers playing on the PGA tour who will never make a fraction of Tiger's money because they simply aren't that good.
So it is with authors. A book is certainly worth $9.95,
if you like the author's work enough to buy it in the first place.
Ultimately, value is a relative, not an absolute. Something is worth what someone else is willing to pay for it. If Frankowski has enough fans willing to pay $9.95 for an ebook of his current work, or $15.95 for a pbook, more power to him. Personally, I'm not one of those people, and will pass. By my standards, Frankowski isn't that good.
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Dennis