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Originally Posted by stustaff
Derek my imaginary future childs first drawing of him and his daddy will be worth less than a crumpled £10 note it will be less valuable.
Now to me it will be absolutely amazing and worth more than any money.
when I say Baens books are worth less and less valuable im saying that because they ARE, its not an opinion its a fact, Baen books sell for less than Macmillan books.
Macmillan wabt to protect their profits, they DO (I believe) turn over and make more profit than Baen, that means from a business/shareholder point of view they ARE more succesful.
Whilst I agree it is about money Macmillan pricing their books at $15 tells us that they believe they are worth that(or they want to destroy ebook market  ) Baen KNOW their books would not sell as well at $15 and that at $6 they will make more money! AND see an increase in the print books they sell.
Its a GREAT model for Baen! not for Macmillan. |
No. No. No. No. No!
They are *priced* less - mostly because they are released in mmpb format rather than tpb or hc, although the hc versions are just as pricey as MacM's - but they are *NOT* less 'valuable'. Value is NOT tightly linked to retail price!
Derek