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Originally Posted by DuckieTigger
... Pwalker8 believes that reaching the goal is best done by enforced higher prices. While I only agree to pay higher prices when my demand to have my favorite book right now is higher than the limited supply (none) of this book being acceptable priced (for me). Any other book that is priced that high is being ignored by me.
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Actually, my view is rather more complex than that and may not be as different from what you just expressed as you think. Rather obviously, if I'm not interested in the author, I'm not going to pay anything for his or her book, heck, I probably wouldn't even download it for free.
There are a group of authors whom I buy as soon as a new book becomes available, even at hard back prices (note this is the money that is lost with the Amazon one size fits all model). I do that for a couple of reasons, first I greatly enjoy reading their books and second because I want to encourage them to write more. So I view it as something similar to tipping a waiter or waitress for good service, a little extra to encourage behavior that I like. This group isn't all that big maybe 20 or 30 authors who are currently active. There is also a list of books that I would be willing to pay hardback prices if they come out as ebooks. These are books that are my favorites.
The next group is authors that I buy at paperback prices. This includes authors whom I basically like, but that I don't consider particularly special. There are a lot of books and authors in this group. I will take a chance on a new author at paper back prices if the book looks interesting, while I probably won't do so at hardback prices.
Enforcing higher prices is not the phrase that matches my view. It is more accurate to say that I believe that publishers have developed a business model that does a better job of maximizing revenue for the subset of authors who sell a significant number of hardbacks than simply selling all books at paperback prices would and that I do not begrudge them that revenue.