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AnemicOak · 06-28-2010, 04:24 PM

Personally the only thing a sample is really going to do is get me to look at a book that I might otherwise have skipped. If I like the sample, which I'll only read if something else (cover, title, synopsis) grabs me, and the book is priced reasonably then I might buy it.

$7.99 is quite a bit for a self pubbed title IMO, but it's up to the author what they want to charge. I have no idea where the $14 is what a regular book sells for comes from. What's a "regular book"? Something edited and published by an actual publisher? A pbook copy of something? I can get plenty of books from well know authors I like for less than $7.99 so I'd be likely to pass right by a self pubbed title at that price unless it had a lot of good recommendations.

06-28-2010, 04:24 PM	#10
AnemicOak Bookaholic Posts: 14,391 Karma: 54969924 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Minnesota Device: iPad Mini 4, AuraHD, iPhone XR +	Personally the only thing a sample is really going to do is get me to look at a book that I might otherwise have skipped. If I like the sample, which I'll only read if something else (cover, title, synopsis) grabs me, and the book is priced reasonably then I might buy it. $7.99 is quite a bit for a self pubbed title IMO, but it's up to the author what they want to charge. I have no idea where the $14 is what a regular book sells for comes from. What's a "regular book"? Something edited and published by an actual publisher? A pbook copy of something? I can get plenty of books from well know authors I like for less than $7.99 so I'd be likely to pass right by a self pubbed title at that price unless it had a lot of good recommendations. Last edited by AnemicOak; 06-28-2010 at 04:50 PM.