Adrian White also critically disagrees with
the current eBook pricing.
Tor's
current ebook prices start out in the 13 - 15 $ range when the Hardback is out but looks like they drop it to same price as the MMPB when it comes out.
For those that are, though, I compare
the current ebook price to the cost of the cheapest used copy I can find.
Not exact matches
When you submit your
eBook to us, you will provide a list
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price for your
eBook in one or more currencies in accordance with the then
current procedures listed in the Service Polices for list
price submission («List Price&raq
price submission («List
Price&raq
Price»).
For all Hachette Digital
ebook orders placed before 11:59 p.m. EST on Sunday, Sept. 30, libraries can add Hachette titles at
current pricing.
But all this is assuming (A)
ebook growth will continue to a saturation point — it could be this is all new and shiny and the early adopters are hoarding a lifetime's supply of books (B) as Joe pointed out, NY will hang onto artificially inflated
prices for
ebooks for too long and give lesser - known authors their one
current competitive advantage of
price and (C) people will still be willing to pay for
ebooks, or any content, in five years.
Moreover, Olson and Anand point out that the
pricing of
ebooks, as a stand - alone business, can provide for a wide variety of dynamic
pricing based on time - based or other economic incentives that could actually far surpass the revenue available via the
current book distribution model (something akin to a consignment shop).
crunched the numbers on
ebook pricing in June of 2009 in this article and determined that
ebooks could, as a stand - alone business, be
priced far below Amazon's
current $ 9.99
pricing (they mentioned the amount $ 4) and still provide the same revenue per / book to author and publisher and retailer as they have on paper books.
Price elasticity: publishers are finding that their overall ebook revenue is higher at current price points that it had been at lower price points: this is clearly a possibility, although common sense seems to suggest «nay&ra
Price elasticity: publishers are finding that their overall
ebook revenue is higher at
current price points that it had been at lower price points: this is clearly a possibility, although common sense seems to suggest «nay&ra
price points that it had been at lower
price points: this is clearly a possibility, although common sense seems to suggest «nay&ra
price points: this is clearly a possibility, although common sense seems to suggest «nay».
According to an article in The Guardian, the
current discount
price war on
ebooks is going to finally pull the plug on books.
The demand for vetted, edited, well - written, reviewed and awarded
ebooks allows sales at the
current traditional publisher
prices.
The report presents 145 pages of data and commentary on a broad range of
eBook issues, including: spending on
eBooks in 2010 and anticipated spending for 2011; use levels of various kinds of
eBooks; market penetration by various specific
eBook publishers; extent of use of aggregators vs offering by specific publishers; purchasing of individual titles; use of various channels of distribution such as traditional book jobbers and leading retail / internet based booksellers; use of
eBooks in course reserves and interlibrary loan; impact of
eBooks on print book spending; use of
eBooks in integrated search;
price increases for
eBooks; contract renewal rates for
eBooks; use of special
eBook platforms for smartphones and tablet computers; spending plans and
current use of
eBook reader such as Nook, Reader and Kindle; the role played by library consortia in
eBooks; Continue reading Primary Research Group releases Library Use of
eBooks 2011 Edition →
Despite the previous whirlwind week that included the Department of Justice going forward with a lawsuit against Apple and two publishers for colluding to force Amazon to raise the
prices of its
ebooks, as well as the launch of a new device from one of Amazon's key competitors that does something that no
current Kindle... [Read more...]
Despite the previous whirlwind week that included the Department of Justice going forward with a lawsuit against Apple and two publishers for colluding to force Amazon to raise the
prices of its
ebooks, as well as the launch of a new device from one of Amazon's key competitors that does something that no
current Kindle can do, Amazon calmly announced several highly anticipated titles from its Amazon Publishing division under the New Harvest imprint, newly formed under Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
I don't think the
current model of
pricing eBooks to match print will work long term.
It has a lot going for it — Wi - Fi, touchscreen, slide out keyboard, Samsung's brand name — and even with all the
current ebook reader
price wars they could have taken a little off the
price and still carved out a market.
Following the
current trend of
ebook reader
price - slashing, PocketBook has cut the
prices of all three of their
ebook readers in the US.
This is counter-intuitive, yes, but it's an oddity of the
current ebook market that if you
price your book at 99 cents, people are going to be hesitant to buy it — but if you
price it at $ 2.99, you'll see higher volume.
Source: Global
eBook Market
Current Conditions and Future Projections (Rudiger Wischenbart), Average
prices, in euros, for the top ten fiction bestsellers in the US, first week of September 2011 (Publishers Weekly, The Bookseller / Nielsen, Livres Hebdo / Ipsos, and Der Spiegel / buchreport).
As I said earlier, there's no hard and fast rule when
pricing eBooks and not every author will have the same experience, depending on which genre they write in, how many books they have on the market and
current industry trends.
Going to your paragraph about relative cost to a two - hour movie — A two hour movie is generally about the same wordcount as a novella — novellas are frequently
priced at around $ 2.99 in
current ebook systems, sometimes more like $ 1.99.
Well over 1500 citizens of Kindle Nation have already participated in our latest Kindle Nation Citizen Survey, and it is already clear that it this survey is helping to provide important information to Amazon, authors and publishers, and industry observers on the
current controversies and competition involving
ebook prices and devices and your experiences and -LSB-...]
McQuivey said the Department of Justice action against Apple and five publishers charged with
eBook price - fixing put an end to «Apple's hope for ever becoming an alternative refuge for publishers to run to» and «certainly made it clear that Apple is not going to be a contender in the publishing world — at least not given
current circumstances, devices and customer relationships.»
With the
current controversies and competition involving
ebook prices and devices, your experiences and views as a reader are of great interest to other readers and to authors, publishers, booksellers, journalists, investors and those who follow what is going on in the book business.
Compared to other
ebook readers on the
current market, the Pandigital Novel Personal eReader has a fairly extensive list of features for the
price: WiFi, touchscreen, web browser that can download
ebooks, audio player, speaker, g - sensor, and some apps like email and sudoku.
Right now I am waiting for an anthology to be be released in paperback because I know that it means the
eBook price will be lowered from its
current $ 12.74.
This
eBook formula would cause
current prices for
eBooks to increase and, at the same time, would guarantee Apple that the Publisher Defendants would not sell
eBooks at lower
prices elsewhere, such as through other
eBook distributors, including Amazon.
Everybody offers free
ebooks these days, so you may need to think outside the box: maybe you could offer referrers half
price on your next book, a signed print copy of your
current one, or original artwork based on your work.
For example, Ken Follett's recent best seller, Edge of Eternity (retitled Kinder der Freiheit for Germany), costs an eye - watering $ 20.99 ($ 23.90 at
current exchange rates or # 15.72) on
price - controlled German
ebook sites, including Amazon.de, while it's half that
price in the US on Amazon.com at $ 10.99 ($ 9.65 or # 7.23) and just # 6.65 ($ 10.11 or $ 8.88) in discount - crazy Britain at Amazon.co.uk.
The handset
current price is Rs. 8299 if its the same model from homeshop then looks good, you can download
ebook reader from google play.