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Originally Posted by Hitch
Nope. My attitude is, for self-pubs, that they can damn well start out peddling their wares at a bargain price. ...
Hitch
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I'll let Leebase speak for himself. When I say support the author, I tend to mean that if you have an author you like, go ahead and buy the books so he or she will have the money to keep writing. I've had way too many authors that I really liked give up writing because they could make a living at it.
I certainly agree that when an author is first trying to build an audience, it behoves that author to put out the books cheap. I'll buy a book for a buck on a whim if it looks mildly interesting. It really has to catch my attention before I'll pop $15+ on an author I've never read before, or it has to have the recommendation of someone that I trust. That is what the free first book in a series thing is all about.