Last week's post on
digital book prices for commercial fiction engendered a lot of great responses, reflecting some really passionate opinions on how books are priced and how readers make their purchasing decisions.
The Seattle, Washington - based Amazon and Penguin, which is owned by media group Pearson PLC of Britain, have been locked in a bitter dispute over
digital book prices which saw Penguin stop supplying Amazon with new titles last month, much to the chagrin of Kindle owners wanting to buy best sellers.
o Digital Book Price (USD): The price range determined by the distributor is from $ 0.99 to $ 39.99 but the recommended range is between $ 2.99 and $ 9.99.
In a statement on the Kindle forums today, the company directly addressed the issue, and explained why it is pushing for
cheaper digital book prices.
Your sales at Amazon may pay different royalties depending on
the digital book price you select:
If you want to manage your prices in a different way, feel free to try out our Territorial Pricing feature, available just below
the Digital Book Price field on your book's Publish page.
So now that Hachette and Amazon have settled their epic feud, and we're seeing the results of publisher negotiations with the retailer, we seem to be witnessing the revenge of traditional publishers when it comes to
digital book pricing.
Not only are publishers fighting it out in court for a fair shake at
digital book prices, but this has also transcended into the retail sphere.
The pricing options can be found on the Draft2digital Publish page, below the field for
Digital Book Price, where there is a new link — Manage Territorial Pricing.