Sentences with phrase «indie authors pricing»

The graph above shows that indie authors pricing strategy has remained consistent since 2013.

Instead most of these indie authors price their book based on a fear factor, hoping they could grab readership that way that would then miraculously turn into profits some time in the future.

Most Indie Authors price their ebooks at $ 2.99 - $ 4.99.

Although some indie authors price their books at the lower end of the spectrum (as low as.99 cents) in order to compete with better - known writers whose work is being released through traditional publishers, some readers may be put off by prices which seem artificially low, because they won't trust the quality of the book.

Not exact matches

I was discussing this with someone yesterday, going back and forth at possible explanations, which included that self - pubbed authors tend to work the review mines harder than their trad pubbed peers, or have more support from other indie authors reviewing, or get higher ratings due to the generally lower price of the work (greater satisfaction due to a price / performance expectation).

An indie author considering this should understand their rationale for how they price their book, have reason to believe this will accomplish what they're hoping for, and a way to measure whether or not it is working.

Indie authors continue in their attempt to discover the best price to charge for their work.

I'm currently trying to figure out how to offer (price) design, editing and setup services to indie authors who would otherwise have no idea where to start.

By maintaining high prices, they left the sub - $ 5.99 market for ebooks wide open for indie authors to exploit.

Indie authors might be doing well right now selling their under priced e-books, but the Amazon is making more money right now selling physical books.

They decided early on to fleece indie authors by charging exorbitant prices — when we all know trad pub pays pennies for each ISBN they use — and indie authors decided that they weren't going to play along with this little game.

Ebook pricing, indie book pricing, and author services have all been the target of speculation for years, and it seems as though no permanent solution is coming soon.

It allows users to browse for titles, authors or interests on Amazon, and find indie stores with comparable or cheaper prices that are willing to deliver the titles to you.

As an indie author myself, I'd prefer people pay enough for my books that I get a decent royalties, that means I control the pricing on my books.

A lot of indie authors have POD versions available for those readers who really want paperback, but a self - pubbed author is unlikely to ever sell a lot of them (at least without a whole lot of effort) due to the relatively high cover price.

I know a lot of indie authors and read a lot of indie stories, and I'm aware of the strategies behind their pricing decisions, so, the lower end of the pricing structure isn't an issue for me.

Presented by award - winning children's book author and indie publisher Darcy Pattison, the workshop covered the nuts and bolts of independent publishing, from navigating printing, e-book, and supply - chain options to pricing and promoting a book.

That is especially true when I can and have found indie authors and small press authors who sell their books at half that price or less.

As an indie author, you can also make edits to your book cover, your price, and other important details based on reader feedback before you move to a final version, and this is not something traditional deals typically allow.

Indie authors can stay competitive with their pricing, offer limited time discounts around holidays, there are a lot of creative book marketing options that revolve around pricing.

These great new books were released Nov 2011 - Feb 2012 by Indie authors, priced right so that taking a chance on a new author doesn't have to break your wallet.

I know authors who use indie presses and the cost of buying copies of their books from the indie is so high, they can't make a profit on their copies unless they jack up the price to a point where it drives potential customers away.

I'm grateful to Amazon as a reader, because it's brought me so many fresh new indie authors and lowered the price of ebooks so readers can read MORE books.

I imagine most indie authors, especially those that value the «indie» of indie author, would take strong exception to any move by any retailer to discourage, restrict or punish via pricing - matching authors who support libraries.

This is an extremely common form of editing for indie authors to utilize and comes with a middle range price tag.

How very cool to hear another competent author is going with indie publishing and pricing their books reasonably!

These are based on wholesale pricing and many of them are 50 % splits of the receipts with publishers doing the grunt work that an indie author would normally do themselves.

I make SO much more money as an indie author, and sales of my self - pubbed version of the book that small press put out are much bigger because I sell at a more attractive price (2.99 compared to 5.50) and I have a better cover (a fun, custom illustration depicting my exact characters rather than a $ 10 stock photo image.)

I know many indie authors who use this sale - yield dynamic to their advantage by pricing the first book in a series as either free or US$ 0.99 to promote «sales,» and then pricing the rest of the books higher to promote yield.

I think it would have worked the same if $ 0.99 never existed and $ 2 would have been the great thing for Indie writers to be discovered because established authors from publishing houses still sell their ebooks at over 5 times that price in most cases.

Like line editing, this is a common form of editing for indie authors and comes with a middle range price tag.

And StoryBundle's a cool form of alternative publishing, letting indie and small press authors join together to present bundles that pack a whole lot of reading into a price that you choose (as long as it's $ 5 or above).

Compared to the more straightforward, non-Kindle Unlimited system that pays authors a defined cut of the purchase price on every book sold, Kindle Unlimited will still seem like a big gamble to many indie authors.

They aren't paying the high prices for e-books from the Big 5 and its ilk, instead turning to indie authors.

Some indie authors have achieved a lot of success by running temporary sales on their ebooks — even setting the price at «free» for a few days.

My favorite distributor is Libro.fm because they support indie authors and allow us to charge the price we think is fair.

And they now make indie authors sign with only one company instead of having a base price so they all get the same from companies to authors.i still order a few books from them, but Amazon and thrift books offer better deals.

Stock photos should be sold by the photo company with a variety of licenses and since 90 % of Indie Authors make less than $ 10,000 a day, it is fair to assume they are selling less than 10,000 copies (even at the lowest price of 99 cents).

But I ended up going to Amazon since most indie authors were there and book deals were better and different priced.

Stock photos should be sold by the photo distribution companies with a variety of licenses and since 90 % of Indie Authors make less than $ 10,000 a year, it is fair to assume 90 % are selling less than 10,000 copies (even at the lowest price of 99 cents).

Indie authors will have to pay $ 199 minimum and this price is poised to increase to $ 299 at the end of January 2015.

1) Indie authors take note: Amazon is, among other things, a machine designed to optimize product prices in order to gain share and sales.

While that price point may seem a little high for an unknown author — many self - published authors keep their sales at $ 4.99 or less, with $ 2.99 being a fairly standard ebook price for indie works — given the argument that the cost of the book is in its initial creation, it makes sense.

More importantly may be the data that shows that, despite criticism from the industry, self - published and indie published titles did not destroy book pricing with their 99 - cent books; however, the fourth trend did demonstrate that book prices have taken an overall drop, but this is largely due to high - volume online retailers who can negotiate these prices, not just indie authors who strategize on low pricing as a means to drive book sales.

Many tools at these creators» disposal come with high price tags, often out of the reach of self - published authors and indie publishing houses.

I've spoken to several indie authors who have tried raising the price on their books only to see an immediate drop off in sales.

Our company was founded by an indie author to fill the existing gap in the book cover market for high quality photographic and editing services for book covers at reasonable prices.

In fact, it benefits me as an indie author for traditional publishers to continue their antiquated and often asinine pricing methods.

I have found a number of indie and small press published authors who understand the market and who know the fastest way onto a reader's device is to price their work reasonably and to do away with DRM.

The sales that would go to that $ 15.99 book are going to lower - priced books from indie authors and self - published authors, like me.