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On another thread, the idea of refunds was raised. Even without any new technology, one could offer books on, say, smashwords at $4.95 with 100% money-back if not satisfied. I'd expect that not many people would take advantage of that, but it might be good marketing to say that a book is "no risk".
It would be interesting if, after some months' sales data on one model, a subset of titles were moved to this model, to see whether it made any difference.
Another idea that occurs to me is an "open subscription", paying $x per month to download as many titles as you like whenever you want. This would have to be across a wide selection - e.g. all of smashwords, or all the authors who opted in. The income could be divided across all downloads under the scheme.
Some people might hoard - but who cares? Actual readers would get a good deal and provide a steady trickle of income.
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