Dear Mr. King.
Reading on paper is not as enjoyable as reading electronically. It is unfortunate that you have chosen to penalize your fan base simply because they chose to read books electronically.
Sincerely Disappointed,
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Originally Posted by Sporadic
Agreed but if I had to guess, the publisher was in his ear feeding him this information. I can't imagine him coming up with this strategy himself.
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Sure and the reason he's listening is to maximize his profits.
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Originally Posted by pilotbob
There is really a SIMPLE answer to this. Sell the ebook at the SAME price with the same release date as the hard cover. If someone buys the book the publisher makes the same amount of money. Actually, I expect the make more for the ebook purchase at the same price of a pbook. Espessially if they sell it directly.
BOb
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The publishers
ARE charging the same price. It's the eBook stores that are discounting them. And if Amamzon and B&N are supposedly eating the cost, what doe it matter to the Publisher and Author?
I think this is just bad forum. I agree with an earlier post to boycott both the writer and the publisher for their antics. There are thousands of great books out there and a good amount of publishers that care for their customers opinions.
What's worse is when the books are released in mass paperback the books are finally dropped. Here
It's ridiculous that eBooks are priced against PaperBooks. The pricing model is just a tax to customers. I can understand the price difference between a Hardback and a Paperback, because they are different products.
However why must eBook Readers pay the same price for a hardback when it's out and the same for a PaperBack when you still get the same product.
If Publishers are hell bent on gouging their customers then make two eBooks one that has more content and one that is more basic and sell that to the customer.