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Originally Posted by pwalker8
And how many of those $2 and $3 ebook sales are traditional publishers and how many are either indie or mid-tier authors selling their own books? I can't really say that I've seen very many (i.e. I don't recall seeing any) ebooks at that price that were not indie or backlist. I have seen first in a series sales like that (or for free) but usually that first in the series tends to be 10 or 20 years old (i.e. backlist)
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I bought a John D. MacDonald book published by Random House for $1.99 on sale last week. I've gotten many of those. I bought a Jefferson Bass book published by Harper Collins a few weeks ago for $1.99. I got a Heinlein book published by Penguin for $1.99 a month or so ago. These books are all backlist titles, but they're being sold by the publisher, not by the author.
Books from traditional publishers actually go on sale for $1.99-$2.99 often...I get notified of sales by many different means...sometimes from here, sometimes from other groups I belong to, and sometimes from eReader IQ.
Shari