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Before delving into today's mess, though, I wanted to note that any analysis or debate about ebook pricing in 2011 happens against the backdrop of skyrocketing ebook sales.

Several media outlets however caution that the «talks» are simply about eBook pricing in light of the recent DOJ settlement.

Not exact matches

I've posted about this in the past, but as a brief refresher, what agency pricing means is that publishers get to set the prices for their ebooks.

I heard about pressure from physical bookstores to increase ebook prices, or they would refuse to stock the titles in their stores.

I'm so glad you mentioned this, because I really feel that this got lost in the whole hullabaloo about ebook price fixing.

-LSB-...] time, we talked about our reading habits and whether the price of an ebook affects its ranking in our to - be-read pile.

(Note: Polls are now closed and the results are listed in this post about author income and ebook prices.)

Five of the biggest publishers were so worried about the impact of ebooks on their hardcover sales that they risked an antitrust lawsuit in an effort to control the retail price of ebook bestsellers by linking their prices to the price of hardbacks.

In the link you cite, he states about ebooks, ``... our job is to price them in a way that makes them an irresistible habit.&raquIn the link you cite, he states about ebooks, ``... our job is to price them in a way that makes them an irresistible habit.&raquin a way that makes them an irresistible habit.»

I explained that the fight was about ebook prices and that while I agree with Amazon on how prices for ebooks are often too high, I don't like Amazon's tactics against Hachette authors in this.

Here's the funny thing: although ebook prices tend to be highly elastic (remember what I was talking about in # 2 above?)

In all of these scenarios, the marginal cost of production is not going to be even $ 1 for a trade paperback and will rarely be over $ 1.50 for a trade hardcover (obviously the last big brick Harry Potter novels cost a teeny bit more due to sheer volume of paper needed to print a 750 page novel, but not * that * much more), meaning that if we're talking marginal cost of production as the difference in price between a paperback and an ebook, we're not talking about a huge difference in pricIn all of these scenarios, the marginal cost of production is not going to be even $ 1 for a trade paperback and will rarely be over $ 1.50 for a trade hardcover (obviously the last big brick Harry Potter novels cost a teeny bit more due to sheer volume of paper needed to print a 750 page novel, but not * that * much more), meaning that if we're talking marginal cost of production as the difference in price between a paperback and an ebook, we're not talking about a huge difference in pricin price between a paperback and an ebook, we're not talking about a huge difference in pricin price.

I meant to post something really interesting about the changes in eBook pricing last Tuesday... and here we are on Thursday already.

Folks who disagree with my perspective will delight in learning that I have no statistical data to support my claims about ebooks, pricing and value.

Complaints about ebook pricing are similar to complaints about the fee a doctor may charge for giving someone a shot in the arm.

As the owner of an ebook and ereader blog that is heavily invested in research into the tablet industry, I would advise windows tablet purchasers to wait about a year before buying to give software developers and microsoft the chance to work the bugs out as well as the price to come down to the point it appeals to mainstream consumers rather than early adopters.

Speaking of ebook pricing, different industry professionals surveyed had some antithesis statements about where pricing and royalties will be headed in the next year.

Originally posted at BookGorilla.com Over at his Kindle Review blog Abhi has been doing his usually fine job of following events in the Kindlesphere, and he turned his focus today on something we've been thinking about too: the effect of the Kindle Store's wildly popular Sunshine Deals promotion on ebook prices generally.

After that, you get one of the lowest eBook prices and simply the widest selection of about 400,000 titles apart from the millions of free titles in the public domain.

The other thing about pricing a book is — you're right, there's not a lot of physical material in an ebook.

I won't repeat what I said in the comments two posts ago, but that was the realization that changed my thinking about eBook pricing.

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I also don't know if you've been following my point about a single source controlling pricing now (Amazon) vs six publishers and two major retailers interacting (the big six plus Apple and Amazon), but I can't help believing that leaving the entire process of ebook pricing and market setting in the hands of single source is less desirable than allowing all the market players to interact.

According to the message from Amazon, «The credit results from legal settlements reached with publishers Hachette, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Macmillan, and Penguin in antitrust lawsuits filed by State Attorneys General and Class Plaintiffs about the price of eBooks.

While I'd guess the publisher's markup for library use of 25 loans of an ebook far exceeds the single - copy price of the same book, I'd also be curious about the capital and administrative costs of housing and handling / shipping especially in a large multi-branch system, that don't exist for electronic loans.

I've observed time and time again that reader complaints about ebook prices rise sharply in comparison to reader satisfaction with the books.

In a recent announcement about ebook prices, you all admitted that there are occasions when ebooks deserve to be priced higher than $ 9.99.

You can find a lot of unsubstantiated opinion on the internet about prices too, but look at the places that are actually in the business of selling ebooks.

When you read blog posts and articles about people calling for lower eBook prices, remember that this is not a call to a universal 99 cents price point, but a wake - up call for the fat cats in the NY publishing houses, who still believe that having an illiterate like Snooki «write» a book is a better idea than giving an actual writer a chance.

There has been a lot of discussion in recent months about the pricing of eBooks, most of it stating that eBooks are too expensive and that prices need to come down.

However, I feel betrayed as a woman and as an author in her statement about ebook pricing.

While the US courts hear arguments about alleged price fixing and anti-trust issues between Apple and five of the Big Six publishers» effort to reduce Amazon's hold on the ebook industry, a similar investigation has been going on in the EU over the same accusations.

When Apple allegedly approached the publishers about switching to an agency model in order to prevent Amazon from selling ebooks at what was often below cost in order to encourage the sale of Kindle readers, Amazon lost the option to sell ebooks at its previously advertised $ 9.99 price point.

Obviously, a number of publishers are upset about this and feel it's just another example of Amazon using its considerable status to make demands on the publishers; another contract term that has raised ire is the requirement that the publisher inform Amazon before offering its titles to another retailer at a lower price, despite the fact that this requirement is actually in accordance with a German law that requires all booksellers to sell each specific title at the same price throughout the country, including ebooks.

Which means Russ Grandinetti and Amazon don't know much more than you or I do about how eBook prices, social reading, innovations in content form, or a host of other aspects of the Kindle Revolution will evolve.

Check the one - star reviews under some of those books — you'll find folks complaining about the price of the ebook in a lot of them.

Friday's #FutureChat about author experience in digital - first didn't debate slowing growth in the ebook sector, nor the question of ebook - price control in major online retail settings per Author Earnings.

In the process, I learned a lot about self - publishing ebooks, from formats to ISBNs to imprints to copyrights to pricing to working with Apple.

Due to the price of the ebooks, most libraries are nervous about licensing too many, especially since they have to continuously pay to keep the book in stock.

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Rather than paying exorbitant prices for advertising (which may not be effective in the new media world anyway), you enlist a team of happy readers who love your eBook and offer to help spread the word by talking to friends, tweeting about the book and actively sharing their love for your eBook and you as an author.

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Just think about it: an ebook borrowed in KU is more visible than an ebook simply bought, because the borrowed book doesn't have to be read to count as a sale, and the KU subscribers will download many more ebooks for a lower price.

When an agency model publisher fixes a low price for a backlist title like these, the publishing is putting itself in a position to learn a great deal about pricing, sales, and profitability in the ebook world.

In a post the other day about bargain prices for a couple of Elizabeth Peters ebooks in the Kindle Store, I made the point that readers may actually be able to influence publisher pricing behavior when we jump on bargain prices like those mentioned in the post, even while the Kindle bestseller list shows some signs that Kindle owners are accepting agency - model pricinIn a post the other day about bargain prices for a couple of Elizabeth Peters ebooks in the Kindle Store, I made the point that readers may actually be able to influence publisher pricing behavior when we jump on bargain prices like those mentioned in the post, even while the Kindle bestseller list shows some signs that Kindle owners are accepting agency - model pricinin the Kindle Store, I made the point that readers may actually be able to influence publisher pricing behavior when we jump on bargain prices like those mentioned in the post, even while the Kindle bestseller list shows some signs that Kindle owners are accepting agency - model pricinin the post, even while the Kindle bestseller list shows some signs that Kindle owners are accepting agency - model pricing:

It was my pleasure to sit in Friday evening with several other authors in a live panel discussion about books, ebooks, ebook prices and the Kindle Store on Stacey Cochran's BookChatter podcast.

A signed ebook is a thoughtful, unique, and reasonably priced gift, and since Autography and other services I cover in the book offer multiple formats, you don't have to worry about which ereader or computer the recipient owns.

By Stephen Windwalker Originally posted March 2, 2010 — © Kindle Nation Daily 2010 Chris B, a reader from the Dallas area, got right to the heart of one of the challenges of thinking about the effects of the ebook pricing controversy on authors in this comment left yesterday on my post The Math of -LSB-...]

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