[Cinisajoy]

Originally Posted by darryl

In my view the article I link to below sets things out nicely and is fairly typical of a view which is widely but not of course universally accepted. Though how else to account for the actions of the Big 5?

http://genedoucette.me/2016/02/the-c...hing-industry/

Thank you for the very nice article on what ONE independent author thinks that the Big 5 is doing.
Now can you find an article from one of the BIG 5 saying that they are pricing so people will buy hardbacks.

I think the reason all that "inflating" prices started was because of Amazon payouts.
We do not know what percentage the big 5 gets off the sale of ebooks.
We do know that self and small publishers get 70% less a small delivery fee for books priced between $2.99 & $9.99. They get 35% for books priced under $2.99 or over $9.99.

I have never heard any readers complain that ebooks were inflated.
The only ones I have ever heard complain were independent authors that generally were not making much anyway. But it is so much easier to blame someone else's pricing for your misfortune.
Or they blame the bigger sellers because no one can find their book.
Hey, if one just puts a book out with no thought to cover art, editing or anything else then yes your book will sink to the bottom like a stone.
Ok rant over.