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Paulo Coelho to publishers: "Don't be greedy"
From Publisher's Weekly:
http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/h...be-greedy.html Quote:
No much chance Coelho will be invited to Chez Preston or Maison Child any time soon. More at PW About Coelho: Quote:
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e-books cost the same, sometimes higher than printed books. e-books should be cheaper since it cost less and almost no cost, once the e-book is produced.
The music industry is fairer. A physical copy of new release music CD costs about $18 but if you buy the MP3 downloads (which is the e-book in the book's case), it costs about $10. |
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10-11-2014, 07:38 PM | #3 |
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And there is no cost in postage to calculate either. When I buy a paper book I have to pay s/h costs but with ebooks there is perhaps a few cents sales tax and I can have the book in a minute or two depending on how quickly my computer can download the file. Paper can't compete there.
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10-12-2014, 12:32 AM | #4 |
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The cost of producing a hard cover book or a trade paperback is usually only a dollar or two more expensive to make than a mass market paperback. The real reason why the HC or TPB are more expensive is because you're getting them closer to the original publication date than you would a MMPB. In other words, they price the original edition to pay back the upfront costs of publishing a new book, and the secondary formats are cheaper because the upfront costs are mostly already paid for. That's why the publishers don't want ebooks to be priced comparable to a MMPB, because it steals sales away from the most lucrative edition. Unfortunately this also means that when the publishers reprintf classic novels which barely sell enough to break even in the TPB/HC format, they will price the ebook to be comparable to the expensive edition, even though the ebook may well have much higher sales at a lower price.
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I don't know where you buy your ebooks, but my experience certainly doesn't match yours. I buy a fair number of ebooks (4 or 5 a week, typically) and rarely pay half the price of the paper book.
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Perhaps the original poster is confusing the "suggested list price" for the actual price being charged. The "suggested list price" is just there to make the consumer think they are getting a real bargain, it's not the price that most sellers are selling the book for. For example, Amazon says that the Digital List Price for the latest Rick Riordan book is $19.99 and they sell it for $8.99. However, B&N sells the same ebook for $11 and Kobo sells it for $12.39. (to avoid the expected - "See how much Amazon is saving us from what the publishers would have charged us if the Agency model was in place" comment, no. I tracked the prices during that time period and there was the same difference. Even with Agency, they didn't charge list price) |
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Eg, my most recent purchase was "Living Proof" by John Harvey. Amazon ebook price £3.49, Amazon paperback price £6.39. ie ebook price is 54% of paperback price. That's pretty typical. |
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I see the same. My latest book I bought was Hawk by Steven Brust. Kindle book was $11.99 and hardcover $18.62.
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Examples: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0143034669 Ghost Wars by Steve Coll Paperback $11.60 Kindle $19.89 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0142001619 Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky Paperback $10.17 Kindle $10.28 Here are 2 examples, one each for e-book selling for $19.89 while the paperback version is selling for $11.60 and an e-book costs the same as paperback. There is hardly any bestsellers or books from major publishers (Simon & Schuster, Random House, Harper Collins, Penguin etc.) whose e-books are cheaper than paperback books. From a consumer standpoint, if he wants the Steve Coll e-book, he pays $19.89. If he buys the paperback, it costs him $11.60. So it costs more to buy an e-book. The e-book should at the least costs the same as the printed books. |
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