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Originally Posted by JSWolf
The problem with pricing the first book in a series at $0.99 is that when people see the other books at a significantly higher price, they won't buy. They'll just skip this series and you've then sold none. eBooks have to be priced reasonably and if a series, close to the same or the same price. People also get pissed when they buy books in a series and a new book is released and it's stupidly priced. For example, A series has it's books at $5.99 and the new book is $12.99. That's stupid pricing and that pisses people off. People who buy eBooks do not usually buy hardcovers and do not want hardcover prices.
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Jon, I think people get the concept of a loss leader, where you get to try a series for 99¢. What constitutes a reasonable price for later books in a series is, of course, the issue. As for high-priced new releases, that also make sense; it's classic price discrimination (a discrimination which isn't immoral). Some people will wasn't to read it NOW, price be hanged. The rest will wait on the price to drift down to the $5.99 level established for earlier books. But I think readers are mostly rational and are not pissed off either by loss leaders or by high-priced new releases.