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Originally Posted by haertig
OK. So next I looked at Amazon for these books (I've never heard of the author or the series). Here's what I found ... they friggin' DOUBLED THE PRICE of the fourth book, the one they were blaming piracy for tanking sales! No wonder eBook sales tanked. Sure, there could be a piracy component. But they DOUBLED THE PRICE OF THE BOOK!  |
The price is currently double, but all of them were initially listed at $9.99...
Price tracking data for all four eBooks sold on Amazon shows...
Book 1 came out at $9.99 (tracking began 7 Sep 2012). It's price has changed 85 times in the past 1,889 days. Current price is $5.99 and the lowest it's ever been is $1.99, the highest it's ever been is $9.99
Book 2 came out at $9.99 (tracking began 29 Mar 2013). It's price has changed 59 times in the past 1,686 days. Current price is $5.99 and the lowest it's ever been is $5.99, the highest it's ever been is $10.49
Book 3 came out at $9.99 (tracking began 6 Apr 2014). It's price has changed 46 times in the past 1,313 days. Current price is $5.99 and the lowest it's ever been is $5.99, the highest it's ever been is $13.77
Book 4 came out at $9.99 (tracking began 25 Feb 2015). It's price has changed 50 times in the past 987 days. Current price is $11.99 and the lowest it's ever been priced is $4.75, the highest it's ever been is $13.99
Even though book 4 came out quite a while ago now the publisher hasn't yet lowered it's price to be in line with the other three books. This probably won't happen until it comes out in paperback 27 Feb 2018.