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Originally Posted by cromag
Aside from any other argument that might be made, a backlist title is one that (presumably) has already made a profit for both the author and the publisher. A reasonable pricing strategy would reward fans for their loyalty, provide a lower cost introduction for potential new fans, and be a good way to encourage "completists" who might buy up available titles.
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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Actually, lowering the price is not rewarding fans for their loyalty at all. They've already paid the higher price. Rewarding them would have been to start off with the lower price.
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Well, actually, no.
I'm a big fan of a number science fiction authors, going back to the late 1950s. Writers like Keith Laumer, Poul Anderson, A. Bertram Chandler, etc., etc. I could never read all of the stories they were releasing back then, let alone
buy them. But I still consider myself a big fan.
Baen has been reissuing Laumer, Anderson, Chandler, and others, as moderately priced, DRM-free ebooks and I've been buying quite a few of them -- the ones I'd never had a chance to read, and some that I want to read again.