-- Traditional publishers are using the «sale» aspects
of lower ebook prices for very - short - time events, sometimes only a day, often a week.
Let me state this one more time: I don't
think lowering ebook prices costs anyone money unless and until they drop under that magic point.
I realize that's not the only reason consumers
want low ebook prices, but it's definitely a contributing factor.
Now traditional publishers are experimenting
with lower ebook prices and competing with self - published authors in the bargain bins.
Amazon talks a real good talk about
how lower ebook prices mean more sales, but when they're going out of their way to make it hard for customers to buy Hachette ebooks, it's the authors who're losing the sales.
So, in the short term,
lower ebook prices mean more sales and better profits for everyone, but in the long term, Hachette takes a huge hit on market share as well as the only thing that makes it relevant to authors — it's print distribution monopoly.
Releasing both hardback and paperback at the same time or near each other probably makes sense, as do
much lower eBook prices, especially for debut authors.
Jay, I respect your point of view, but I think your a bit naive if you really think that ebooks cost only 10 % less then physical books to produce and distribute, but thats your opinion, I am assuming its due to information your publisher gave you to prove how bad they are being screwed
by lower ebook prices.
At the start, criticisms of
what low ebook prices will do to the print market have been lobbed at the proponents of the under - three - dollar ebook amid claims that pricing an ebook at 99 - cents would ruin the industry.
I agree that
low ebook pricing makes sense on many levels, but I don't appreciate being made a pawn in a battle I'm not involved in.
To celebrate the gold medal, I have
temporarily lowered the eBook price of The Atonement of God on Amazon to $ 2.99 (It's only $ 0.99 if you previously purchased the paperback).
They're exclusive with Amazon, for the time being, so I couldn't make them permanently free, but I
considered lowering the ebook prices to 99 - cents and withdrawing the print version.
However, the first of those two benefits are factored
into lower eBook prices and the latter two require just some physical book purchases.
Indeed, the very fact that the Publisher Defendants have banded together once again, this time to jointly oppose two provisions in the Proposed Final Judgment that they believe could result
in lower eBook prices for consumers, only highlights why it is necessary to ensure that Apple (and hopefully other retailers) can discount eBooks and compete on retail price for as long as possible.»
Indie authors sometimes complain about
how low ebook prices are devaluing literature, but they're really just grumpy because nobody is buying their books.
The settlement allows retailers to discount settling publishers» ebooks with just a couple of restrictions, so many people expected it would lead to
much lower ebook prices.
At the start, criticisms of
what low ebook prices will do to the print market have been lobbed at the proponents of the under - three - dollar ebook amid claims that pricing an... [Read more...]
As everyone and their neighbor speculated, at the core of Amazon's spat with Hachette is its mission to
get lower ebook prices.
I actually
expect lower ebook prices to help those «new traditionally published authors» that Turow laments will not be discovered in bookstores.
The only foreseeable advantage I see, other than making us nuts (which while fun, probably doesn't help amazon's bottom dollar), is to grow more home - grown kindle authors and to have more people buy into Author Central, thereby, in the end, making
for lower ebook prices (which equals more units sold) and no traditional publisher middle man.
Amazon is usually portrayed as the bad guy in these type of affairs, but it's hard to disagree with them
wanting lower ebook prices for customers.
In addition because
of lower eBook prices and the greater ease of shopping and buying ebooks versus a trip to a physical book store, my reading experience has broadened and become more experimental.
What do you think of Amazon's plan to
lower ebook pricing?