View Single Post
Old 06-08-2009, 11:52 AM   #12
sirbruce
Provocateur
sirbruce ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.sirbruce ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.sirbruce ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.sirbruce ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.sirbruce ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.sirbruce ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.sirbruce ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.sirbruce ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.sirbruce ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.sirbruce ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.sirbruce ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
sirbruce's Avatar
 
Posts: 1,859
Karma: 505847
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Columbus, OH
Device: Kindle Touch, Kindle 2, Kindle DX, iPhone 3GS
CJ,

I think evidence is now pretty clear that offering the first ebook in a series for free helps generate more revenue than otherwise if they have other books in that series to sell. Now with the ebooks in your particular case, it may be that they just aren't generating enough revenue to be noticeable, or there are other issues relating to your royalties; I can't speak to that. I have read your website though and I hope you get your ebook situation straightened out soon.

As an aspiring author I too am disturbed by the idea that as long as someone offers your ebook in some obscure shop somewhere your book is still "in print", and I highly recommend negotiating a clause in your contract to ensure a minimal number of ebooks must be sold in order to still qualify as "in print".

As to what Andybaby said, my point was not so much the free book part, but my concern that authors were being given royalties based on ebook retail price, not cover or list price. It's interesting to me that netseeker's experience is 100% the opposite of doreenjoy's in this regard. In any case, whether or not an author gets money on a $0.00 sale is one thing; I'm more interested in seeing that they get full royalties on their $24.95 ebook even if Amazon sells it at $9.99.
sirbruce is offline   Reply With Quote