Sentences with word «mmpb»

There is a business model in place within print publishing, and it hasn't changed radically since the successful introduction of MMPBs after WWII.

I also think I have a different line in the sand for what I will pay for mmpb and ebooks.

Toni has also assured the «flies that the pricing will decrease as mmpb versions of books are released.

I've been thrilled with ebook prices as MMPBs are often $ 15 here and hardcovers $ 40, so I've had to be a lot choosier about buying books brand new for quite a few years.

Romance also has much larger numbers than sf / f — I recall a romance writer friend of mine complaining that her latest mmpb release «only» sold 80,000 copies, and wasn't going back for a second printing.

For example the Safehold Series by David Weber is published by Tor and the preorder of this summer's ebook at 15 $, last year's volume (yet to come out in paperback) at 13 $, and the older volumes that have come out in MMPB for 8 - 9 $ depending on the price of the paperback.

The thing is, waaaay back when, the price increase of MMPB from $ 3.99 to $ 4.99 was pitched as an increase in the price of paper.

That's when I stopped buying most mmpbs.

The former mmpb imprint will be e-book only.

Publishers will do almost anything to protect their hardcover market, and ebooks are the first substantial threat to hardcovers since MMPBs.

I've got the 1970 MMPB reissue from Avon, retitled Masters of the Vortex.

Yet, those same publishers continue to want to charge above mmpb prices for an e-book with the vague promise that the price will come down some time in the future.

If there is any change we are likely to see, at least from legacy publishers, it is that there will be even fewer mmpbs on the shelves now as they try to find more and more ways to push hardcover sales.

Publishers following this model are pricing e-books higher than they are mmpb versions, causing people to delay buying a number of e-book titles they would otherwise.

I will observe that at volumes of 80K +, the narrower margins of mmpbs (and even tbps) more than makeup for the lack of hardcover margins, so I don't think the underlying math changes so much.

Cost really is an issue for me and I desided I could buy a lot of books for the price of a Kindle, especially since I buy most of my reading material in mmpb.

As MMPBs are phased out in favor of trade paperbacks, I see e-book prices rising to match that void.

The percentage I'd get for mmpb or tpb is less but the agent's cut remains the same.

Carr goes on to show his own prejudice about what books should be when he comments that e-books are like those mmpb books we used to be embarrassed to be seen reading.

I found the information in his book to be current (standard royalty % for all editions — hardback, trade, mmpb, e — and so on).

$ 9.99 when only the hardback is out is a deal, but after the mmpb release it's silly.

Realistically, however, I don't want to pay «hardcover price» for a book that I wouldn't buy in hardcover if there is a MMPB or TPB out at a reduced price.

That simulates the effect that the MMPB has on the consumer when it comes out after the hardcover (except maybe the ebook price ought to decay below that of the MMPB).

I want to be able to snag a book whenever / wherever, and I'm out of shelf space so unless it is a book that I desperately want a hardcover / TPB / MMPB of (mostly these books that get my precious shelf space are either by authors I know, authors whose work I absolutely love, or a combination of the above), I'm going to get it on my Kindle.

7) What is the maximum price you are willing to pay for a print book (mmpb, trp or hc) and what is the maximum price you are willing to pay for an e-book?

If a mmpb costs 6 Dollars and the ebook costs 15, I still buy and import the mmpb.

That's still not as good as the 6 $ Baen charges but better than the publishers that never drop the price when the MMPB comes out.

I'm not sure why this is, when I can see different pricing on my MMPB books, but this is what I've heard.

They think people will pay more for an e-book than they will print copies — and let's be honest, the $ 14.99 for this e-book is more than we'd pay for the mmpb version.

So, instead of staggering releases, they price the e-book as much, if not more, than the mmpb version.

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.

Some people prefer eBooks because they are even more portable than mmpb.

There are very few books I can't wait for the mmpb to come out — and for prices of the e-book to drop.

Were they in the least interested in developing a successful business model in the current publishing world of HB, MMPB, and e-books, there is nothing stopping them from copying what Baen has done.

It leads to no sales because folks forget about going back to buy the mmpb when it comes out.

Pbook sales (paperback and mmpb) are now being hit by ebooks.

My first «adult» MMPB I bought in 1975 was $ 0.95.

They've willingly sacrificed the sales of mmpb and trade paperbacks in order to try to save hardcovers.

I can be patient until the MMPB is released at which point I assume the ebook price will come down to $ 7.99.

If I can't get the digital for at least 30 % off the mmpb or trade price, I buy the physical book because I can get that discount in my bookstore.