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Originally Posted by Tim_A
If the free sample is half the book, then the price for the rest should be less surely, because you're only buying half a book... To charge extra is tantamount to saying "I have you over a barrel, and I' m going to fleece you for as much as I can", and although I might buy the book once, I'd definitely think twice about buying from that author again.
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Uh, this might make sense if the publisher gave you half a book and claimed it was the whole book. But if you knew it was a sample going in... how is that the author's fault? How did the author put you over a barrel?
I mean, I agree that offering a big sample doesn't justify raising the price, but it also doesn't justify lowering the price. The price is the price, the sample is the sample. The sample's only relation to the price is that it helps the reader evaluate whether the book is worth the price.
Camille