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Originally Posted by Steven Lake
[...] With that said, what do you guys think of the new prices?
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It's a very personal thing, you have to go with what you're comfortable with ... but I think Cinisajoy's list is better:
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Originally Posted by Cinisajoy
$3.99 on your Christian guides. Or $2.99. Not 1.99. On Amazon at $2.99 you make $2. At $1.99 you only make 65 cents.
If you don't want to keep the profits, donate to your favorite charity.
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And then you can advertise this fact (donating to charity) - people feel better if they think the money they are spending on luxuries is going to a good cause. It eases their sense of guilt about spending money on themselves.
You have enough independent series that you could consider offering a second book for free, for example the first in the Land of the Lions, or perhaps one of your short story collections. Doing this may also alleviate any concerns you have over charging $2.99 rather than $1.99 for the remaining books (though I don't think you should be concerned, it's a fair price).
I mention this mainly because the biggest problem with offering your first published book for free is that quite often the first book is a less than ideal advertisement. We (hope to) get better as we get more experience.