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Originally Posted by BooksForABuck
First, not all eBooks cost more than pBooks.
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Right. But
no eBook should
ever cost more than a pBook.
What gets me is when I go to some commercial eBook site, look up a book, then find the same book at Amazon.com in paper form, in hardcover, and have Amazon's price be less.
There is absolutely no excuse for this.
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the value is in the content, not the paper pulp
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You got that right. But most of the price of a pBook is related to that paper pulp. Since those costs do not exist for an eBook, the price of the eBook should reflect that.
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Publisher value comes from: (1) wading through the slush pile to pick works that meet our quality standards;
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No longer needed. Peer networks do a much better job.
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(2) working with the author to edit the works to an even higher quality level;
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Value to the author only. Not an excuse to make eBooks cost more.
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(3) promoting the work (you can say this has no value to the reader, but you might never know about a great book without it);
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Unnecessary today. The internet and word of mouth does a much better job.
Posting the first chapter of the book for free, for example, does a much better job of promotion - and costs almost nothing.
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(4) Adapting the manuscript to various formats so readers can pick the format that best meets their device needs and personal preference;
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Worthless since this promotes closed formats. No adaption is needed. Release the eBook in an open format and let the readers convert as needed.
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(5) Investing in all of the aspects of a business including paying author royalties, buying ISBNs, commissioning cover art (again, this may add no value to you, but many readers will not look at an eBook that doesn't come with attractive cover art).
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Value to the author only. Not an excuse to make eBooks cost more.