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AllThingsD: Book Publishers Beware! At iTunes, Expensive Music Equals Slower Sales.
http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/2010...-slower-sales/
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According to the article it is slower sales growth, but it is still growth. In fact 8% revenue growth over the last year for Warner, yes that is down from the previous year but the economy still sucks and unemployment was still climbing for much of the year. I'm not sure they can look at a single factor (the price increase) and say that it was the cause.
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True. Plus..
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I didn't even know iTunes had this price scheme, I have never bought a song there. Will have to check Amazon mp3 sales to see if they are doing the same, been a while since I bought something.
Yes, cheaper prices = more sales. On the other hand there is a sweet spot for companies. That is where you can sell fewer units, but have higher profits. Too high a price and you take to big a hit in sales. Too cheap, and you just don't make much. The are trying to find that sweet spot. The consumer can of course control it, by what price point they refuse to buy. Companies are not completely stupid. Why sell an ebook for $9.99 if you can get $14.99? On the other hand, if sales drop too much at the $14.99 price point, they they will retreat. My guess is it will work out for them. Most consumers will go along with a price hike if "everybody's" doing it. With Apple and Amazon on board, all the rest will have to follow. There are a few rogues like me that will use alternate means to get the products we want, but we are a small minority. |
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There's also the issue of how much of a readership a given title might have --- my last freelance project was a translation of _Thomas Harriot's Artis Analyticae Praxis_:
http://www.springer.com/mathematics/...-0-387-49511-8 Despite its importance, it's really only of interest to scholars of mathematics history (how many of them do you know?), so had to be priced at a pricepoint which would allow its limited sales figures to pay out. William |
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NEWS FLASH!
Big corporation jack up prices and unit sales growth decelerate.
Company exec. crows that the 30% price increase is a “net positive” for said big corporation’s profits, while joking about timing of worldwide recession. Customer parsimony puzzles said exec. Can't see beyond end of nose. Exec. bonus safe for another year. Macmillan inspired by evidence of innovative business model, seeks “net positive” growth too. Business as usual. Why is nobody surprised? |
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Correlation does not necessarily prove causation, as even Bronfman himself is aware:
"“It’s difficult to know, even today, if it is just consumer resistance to a higher price points or if taking a pricepoint of 30 percent more at such a fragile time (is to blame)." So it could be the price increase, it could be the recession, or (most likely) a combination of the two. Let the amateur economic punditry, without access to actual numbers or sales figures analysis, continue. |
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