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And according to Amazon, "printing" is also a major recurring cost: for a 300 page (I assume (mass market ) paperback) is $4.45. I think this also includes shipping cost? A tried to google for what the big publishers would be paying, but didn't have any luck. Since quantities aren't mentioned from Amazon, I'd assume the cost would go down, but even at 1/2 the cost, it still seems like a major cost. Anyone have a link to big publishers costs? |
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But people don't want that, they want the latest big name book for pennies. But, big name authors aren't going to waste their time writing books if they aren't going to get paid enough to support their lifestyle. That's the issue. Prices are the way they are because enough people are willing to pay for the latest from their favorite authors to in general allow their favorite author to make a living. A small handful make lots of money, a larger group make enough money to make ends meet just like most occupations, most try it for a while, can't sell enough books and give it up. |
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That will be the cost for a single print-on-demand book. Not a mass-market paperback produced in a print run of thousands.
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But someone around here (I want to say Quoth, but I might be wrong there) said that increasingly bigger publishers are going to PoD for stuff they expect to sell slowly, like backlist titles.
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I was browsing U.S. Amazon, and it appears that ebooks are "significantly" cheaper than paper for newer big publisher books. This seems relatively new (to me) at Amazon.
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Nope. Ebooks more expensive than their paper counterparts have always been the exception and not the rule. New or old, the average savings on purchasing KindleBook versions of Big Publishing releases (rather than their paper counterparts) has seemed pretty consistent to me.
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In the past, it was argued that publishers priced the ebook as the same price as the hardcover because the publishers didn't want to cut into the profitability of the hardcovers. That is what I recall reading many times to justify "too expensive" ebooks. Now I'm seeing the ebooks at much cheaper prices than the hardcover books, again, newer releases from big publishers. |
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I know what you said. And I disagreed. I'm seeing the same savings on KindleBooks (over their paper counterpart prices) on average that I always have (post-Agency, anyway). On new or old releases from big publishers.
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And I recall that the whole Amazon past practice of pricing the NY time best seller ebooks backed up my recollection. Last edited by John F; 01-02-2021 at 02:07 PM. |
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For books that have been out for a couple of years or more it is still common for the paperback selling price to be lower than the ebook, and sometimes the price for a "new" hardback that has been out for over 2 years is a bit cheaper than the paperback. Quote:
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But just to reiterate, I'll give you a nope also, as I recall ebook and paper book prices being roughly the same (same givens I gave before). |
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Selling some best selling ebooks at 9.99 was a pre-Agency thing. I clearly specified that I'm seeing no significant decrease in the price of new Kindle ebook releases from big publishers post-agency. And new release ebooks (purchased from Amazon) from big publishers represents the bulk of my purchasing.
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and again, my apologies for missing that part of your post.
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Could it be that you're seeing hardcover prices increasing? A quick glance at my Amazon digital orders shows a fairly consistent $12-$16 for new Big-X (no idea what the number is any more) titles purchased on or near release-day over the last 3 years or so.
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