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Originally Posted by fjtorres
The way the evidence is stacking up, however, there is even more money in putting the title in KU and setting the sale price at $3.99. ($0.99 pricing is increasingly "so last year..."  ) |
Agreed, although it's a fixed pot size determined by Amazon. So it mostly depends on how many people they have using KU.
In it's simplest breakdown - if less total money goes into the KU Pot than went into the old buying ebooks pot then authors/producers/publishers as a whole will make less money (and most subscription users only use the subscription to save money - Gym users being the obvious exception).
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Originally Posted by fjtorres
One thing to remember is that it makes a difference who the publisher is when it comes to subscription sevices. A payout level that is perfectly fine for author/publishers (AKA Indies) or small tradpubs in the Carolinas or Michigan will be totally unacceptable to a BPH with seven Vice presidents per imprint and Manhattan glass tower rents.
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Agreed.
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Originally Posted by fjtorres
Justifying high prices over an unwillingness to address non-value add overhead isn't going to resonate with buyers who only care about their costs. I.e., those not employed by publishers.
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True, but if the publisher can't cover the non-value (or even value) added overhead then they go bust if they try to enter KU, so it's a moot point.