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The pricing of pBooks is usually set at these sort of rates - economies of scale mean that publishers are generally able to sell at a lower price in larger territories, and we anticipate our readers in the US and Canada to buy far more copies than their UK counterparts, hence we (and our authors) can afford to accept much lower margins per unit sale. Now, different pricing structures for different geographical regions don't work when you're selling electronic versions, unless you artificially impose them as there is only region - eg pay $0.79 for a music download in the US, and £0.79 for the same download in the UK. I can't speak for our retailers, but our intention for our own store is to have a single selling price for the eVersions (with possible minor uplifts to take regional tax variations into account - something we'll be looking into). ie. Ideally we'd like to price everything in a single currency, and let your bank charge you according to the current exchange rates. We may find (for various reasons) it makes more sense for us to have multiple currency pricing, in which case there may be some minor disparity in pricing between territories, but only due to the relative strengths of the currencies concerned on the day you buy your book. No firm decision has yet been made on any of this, but we're getting there... Last edited by LeeH; 04-07-2009 at 04:06 AM. |
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On the topic of geographic variation - wouldn't it be relatively easy to provide the etext in a variety of English flavours (or do I mean flavors
![]() I'd prefer my ebook in UK English if possible. Or maybe we should reconcile ourselves that ebooks in English are inevitably going to be US English in the end (as the US will be the dominant market of English language ebooks) - and that may actually be no bad thing. ![]() |
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Our approach is to allow US English for US authors, and UK English for UK authors, etc... I feel the flavour of a novel is often determined by the nationality of the author. Style, grammar and spelling preferences all combine to provide a particular "feel" to an author's work. Can you imagine reading Trainspotting, if it were to be Americanised, or Catch 22 if it were to be Anglicised? *shudder* |
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It would not surprise me if introducing source control tools for the current paper book production will reduced the cost to produce paper books a lot. And changing the workflow to suit ebooks also will also probably reduce the cost since you will avoid costly mistakes.
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the bottom line for me is this - in less than one year i've spent over a thousand on ebooks, 100% of them in mobi format. all of them were ebooks that cost less than the paper versions. it's highly likely that none of that will change for me in the future. i don't require $3 books - i actually chose $5, but to me the length of the ebook, popularity of the author and newness of the ebook could lead to $5.99 or more depending on the situation. i don't expect to pay $5 for a nice long, brand-new book by a popular author.
btw, not only will sales and giving away some free ebooks bring other sales - they'll get the sales/free ebooks listed on blogs and reading sites everywhere, meaning more people will read your company's name and check you out. and remember, if you do decide to give out a few free ebooks, please please please make them the FIRST books in the series. i've several times downloaded a company's free first books in series and within only a few hours bought all the rest, and i'm definitely not alone there. |
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Also, if you give out free ebooks, make sure to have the rest of a series out already as ebooks.
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Also, if you give out free ebooks, please don't make it *only* series... some stand-alones by popular authors would be nice, too.
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I think the posts here pretty well sum up my opinion on the matter.
Copy Baen. Seriously, Baen is as close to perfect as I can imagine. And they have, as you can see here, an insane amount of support from the ebook community. I don't think I know anyone here who would put forward serious criticism of Baen other than "Baen doesn't sell the genre I like." Pretty much I don't buy ebooks. I buy a paper copy (usually a used hardback) and then get the book via the darknets. The legality is questionable, perhaps, but I'm not bothered by the ethical side, which (aside from the possibility of serious legal penalties) is the basis for my decisions. Why the "pretty much" in the above? Because I *do* buy Baen. Their combination of no DRM, great prices and fabulous customer support and communication is enough to get me to shell out a few bucks in their direction on a regular basis. If you can do what Baen does, some of that money will be sent your direction as well. So, go to Baen's website. Make a thorough list of everything they do - from prices to availability to communication. Then do that. You'll make money and we'll love you. |
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I wonder why some compays dont sell the ebooks with a pbook for like a 1 or 2 more bucks or our there I not realy that up on things yet as I dont have a reader yet. may not net you anymore money per item but would get items sold I think . |
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Xenophon P.S. The presence online of free, no-DRM copies of many Baen books does not appear to interfere with sales of either dead-tree or electronic copies of those books! People who like a series have a strong tendency to support the author (and publisher!) by actually purchasing copies/bits of the previous entries in the series, even though they've got free copies/bits -- yes, they really do buy copies of bits they've already gotten for free. The key is the combination of a product people want with pricing that is perceived as being fair! Last edited by Xenophon; 04-08-2009 at 04:31 PM. Reason: fixed wording of the final sentence. |
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