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Originally Posted by binaryhermit
When an indie book is, say, $3 and a big5 (or however many there still are this week) is $10+...
Unless it's a highly compelling big5 book, many will strongly consider the indie book.
I know, not 100% directly competing, but still.
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Matching the price of the $3 book wouldn't be the best idea. You can have occasional sales. Agency price gives them the power to have temporary sales. Do they use that power? Preorder incentive. Drop the price for preorders on a rotating schedule. Hey, drop it $2 sometime if you preordered weeks before release. On release regular price. More people will preorder. If the book is really good, all those preorders will spread around the word. If the book doesn't live up to the hype, hey at least you sold a bunch of preorders. Now? Why bother to preorder. It is better to just wait until you buy it when you are ready to read it. Wait for nevercoming price reduction. Lose interest in that book, find something else.