tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661117100748148070.post1951344286420542985..comments2024-02-20T15:12:28.660-08:00Comments on A Time-Travelling Apocalypse: Survey of the price of the top 100 selling ebooks in August.Graham Clementshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06430135062211828206noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661117100748148070.post-39958339055959609832014-08-22T03:11:40.695-07:002014-08-22T03:11:40.695-07:00Always fascinating.
Curiously, over the past few ...Always fascinating.<br /><br />Curiously, over the past few months I have shifted the prices of all my novels to $4.99. There are two main reasons for this:<br /><br />1. in the lower price range (say $0.99 to $4.99) I have failed to notice any price sensitivity for any of my books. So, as a grasping capitalist, I would rather my books were at that top of that range than at the bottom.<br /><br />2. Since I'm a grasping capitalist with a conscience, I cannot bring myself to charge more than that. If my books sell well at that price, I'll make enough money to be happy and won't feel I've ripped anybody off. I think $5 for a book is about what they are worth - what all novels are worth, no matter what technology they're published with.graywavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11609426782409481706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661117100748148070.post-79172025629066914692014-08-22T02:53:36.903-07:002014-08-22T02:53:36.903-07:00Anthony, I have an ipad and Kindle, and I think th...Anthony, I have an ipad and Kindle, and I think the Kindle is the best for reading, mine is not back lit - its epaper looks like a book page, so it's easy on the eyes. But I think Kindle might have bowed to ignorant pressure and the latest version might be back lit. I have recently decided to purchase ebooks from author's sites so Amazon does not get any money. Hate the way that Amazon don't pay tax. The Kindle itself I think is a loss leader for them, I don't think they make much money out of selling them, it at all - they make the money from the actual ebooks. But self-publishing authors get a lot better deal from Amazon then they do from going with a traditional publisher. Witness Hugh Howey. When the publishers came running after he has sold millions of self-published science fiction ebooks - and they are very good as I have read two of them - he didn't sell the ebook rights to them. Graham Clementshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06430135062211828206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661117100748148070.post-32922638574877876222014-08-22T00:36:31.476-07:002014-08-22T00:36:31.476-07:00Ah youve tickled my Kindle once again. I think I&#...Ah youve tickled my Kindle once again. I think I'm going to go ahead and buy one. Kindle is the best then? Do you Amazon to purchase most of your ebooks? <br />I'm travelling soon so perhaps it's time to let go of the paperback, at least, temporarily. Anthony J. Langfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02027216695415849158noreply@blogger.com