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Originally Posted by Fbone
Perhaps, bookbub is looking for larger discounts and, therefore, pushing free and 99 cents. What kind of deal is a self pub at $2.99? Even $1.99? They could be looking for higher priced trad pub books in the $8-$12 range.
Fatigue is definitely a factor. Bookbub claims for crime fiction 3940 sales from 3,200,000 emails. That's something like 0.12%.
Bookbub earned $2350 + $707 = $3057.
The author/pub earned $11,781 - $3534 - $2350 = $5897
At $1.99:
Bookbub earned $1630 + $470 = $2100
Author/pub earned $7840 - $5096 - $1630 = $1114
Bookbub earns more than the author.
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The ad sites largely earn more than the author, and bookbub is one of the BETTER ones. Most authors feel fortunate if they earn back what they spent (in the hopes of gaining new fans that will buy other books).
It's competitive and a difficult game to play.
Some of the better selling self-pub have moved to a "free" first, but then price at 4.99 or even 5.99 after that. So a 2.99 deal really isn't bad depending on the author. The odd thing about "Free" is that it pushes OTHER books by the author into a higher tier. If it works. Mileage is definitely gonna vary!