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The fly in the ointment is that books aren't a commodity for most people. That is to say, most people don't buy generic books. Some do, but there is a reason that J.K. Rowlings sold many millions of her Harry Potter books and your average indie writer is lucky to sell a thousand (if that). People are willing to pay more for some specific titles than they are for others. Those titles change over time and for each individual consumer. I'm not willing to pay a thin dime for a copy of 50 Shades of Gray. Heck, I wouldn't take it if someone tried to give me a copy. On the other hand, a whole lot of people are willing to pay hardback prices for it. |
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Over the years, I remember seeing a lot of discount pricing for hard back books, but I don't remember seeing much discount pricing for paper back books. |
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That's exactly it, though: Baen know that there are people who will pay through the nose to read the book early, and they take full advantage of that. A sound business strategy.
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But, you don't have to buy the ARC. you know in a few months the price will be lower when the real version is released. So this is your choice, not a price foisted on you by Baen. So in this case, it's not the case of Baen playing games. It a case of you being impatient.
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They are dang sure taxed in Texas. 8% to be exact. I know I have paid a sales tax on every ebook I have bought from Amazon. Now they are not taxed in all the states, but pretty much anything I buy from Amazon is taxed.
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eArc $15 hc $25 ebook $9.99 (both discountable if Amazon wishes) a year later tpb $15, ebook $8.99 both discountable a year after this mmpb $7.99, ebook $6.99 both discountable (check Baen books by Lois McMaster Bujold or David Weber). |
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As of December 16th, 2012, Baen ebooks are now available for sale at other vendors as well as at this site. At the same time, prices for our individual ebooks were raised to meet the rest of the market. Titles available in print as hardcovers only will be $9.99, trade paperbacks $8.99, and mass market paperbacks $6.99. As part of the adjustment, we have also raised ebook royalties to authors by 25%. Given the price of an eARC is about the same in terms of the minutes I work to pay for one as a 50 cent Ace double in 1968, I don't have issues with buying 2 or 3 per year. If other publishers made their pricing policy as clear as Baen does, I would have fewer issues. The other issue is that quite a few people do not have an increase in their income to cover the close to 2,000% increase in the average paperback book price since 1968. I also consider that at one time, I had over 25 used bookstores that I could haunt for books within easy public transit distance. Most of them are now closed along with virtually all the independent bookstores. I can't even blame Amazon for that since many of them closed before Amazon became a major factor in the Canadian book market. |
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