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Originally Posted by pwalker8
Very few Indies come out with hardback books. Indies tend to publish as ebooks, then have print on demand at hardback prices for people who want paper. It can be difficult to tell what's indie and what isn't. Many indies use boutique publishers or even create their own publishing companies.
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Sorry. Maybe I misread or misunderstood your meaning. Any responses to you are specifically about ebooks. Many indies don't have paper versions at all and those that do are prohibitively expensive due to smaller scale.
When we both mentioned hardbacks, I figured we were both talking about the equivilent new release window for ebooks.
My point was I don't know of too many indies that can release a new ebook and price it at $15 for the first few months of release.
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There are a number of business models out there. You have to be careful to make apples to apples comparisons. You see different pricing strategies based on the genre as well.
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I was attempting that with my Joe Konrath/Peter Straub comparison. Both are popular authors with many fans. Yet neither is the level of Stephen King.
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It's not just what you want to charge, it's also what people will pay. In general, if you see a pricing model that has been consistent over a period of time, it's pretty solid evidence that the pricing model works, otherwise they would change it.
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That is what happens with the indies, no doubt. But I do think you are ignoring the fact that traditional publishers have another factor they consider: supporting paperback sales.