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Old 02-10-2011, 05:06 PM   #46
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I'm probably unusual but I hate running a bank transaction (paypal or otherwise) for less then $4. I've skipped buying books because I didn't want to run a $0.99 transaction. If I'm filling a cart I might buy 5 of them though.
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Old 02-11-2011, 09:25 AM   #47
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I'm absolutely fine with price tags between $10-$15 for a newly released ebook of a title only available on hardcover. When the cheaper paperbacks come out, $6-$8 seems more acceptable to me. I don't really hold to the opinion that simply because ebooks are cheaper to produce they should be significantly cheaper to buy.
Oh, yes, I'm fine with that, too.

Only I wouldn't buy books by an author other than my favourite author at the "early adopters" price, but wait for it to drop.
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Old 02-11-2011, 09:34 AM   #48
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You can price an eBook too cheap. And yes, some people will think the price is too low for the book to be any good.

I feel that $3 is a good low price that's reasonable and people won't be thinking the book is no good because the price is too low. Of course, this $3 is for a full novel.
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Old 02-13-2011, 09:18 AM   #49
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Usually that reason is because the book only needs to pay the author, not a whole army of hangers on. Writers typically only get about 10-20% of the proceeds of a professionally published book, so a self published book at $1.99 would need to be priced at $9.99 or more in order to generate the same income for the writer.
Except that takes into account the cost to actually print, ship, and store a large number of physical books.

Take that out of the equation, and the author's precentage of the selling price, should be higher.

And remember, most books sell at a discount after a few short period of time, so you can't base it on the original selling price.
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