A new European study has found that Kindle owners have a harder time recalling key plot
points than paperback readers.
Not exact matches
But some author mills inflate prices even beyond that
point, charging higher -
than - hardcover prices for trade
paperback - size books.
Rather
than go on about how it's essentially another version of Createspace publishing with the convenience of one dashboard for ebook and
paperback books, I'll give you a
point - by -
point comparison of the two platforms.
Otherwise, I'll keep on going to half price books precisely because the price
points aren't there for electronic publishing to make it worth my time, and I honestly don't have the funds to pay for more
than a handful of trade
paperback book editions.
According to an Amazon UK release, the company is now selling more ebooks
than hardback or
paperback books in Britain, a tipping
point that we reached in the U.S. over a year ago.
I'd be prepared to wager that consumers are more
than happy to choose an e-book over a more expensive hardcover, but I question whether that preference holds up when the price
point is the same for either format, as with agency - priced *
paperbacks.
A book priced at $ 27.99 would likely be a hardcover, and authors typically earn a higher royalty rate (2
points higher) on hardcover
than they do on a
paperback.
Also interesting: while e-books more
than doubled from last January's sales numbers, mass market
paperbacks -LRB--30.9 %), trade
paperbacks -LRB--19.7 %), and hardcovers -LRB--11.3 %) all suffered double - digit percentage
point drops from last year.
He comes out and says «Obviously, when you're selling units so inexpensively, you're going to sell more of those
than, for example, a $ 14
paperback print book» and thinks he's making a
point against eBooks.
That is the
point, if the ebook was 7 bucks, everyone still gets paid, and paid better
than they would for the
paperback at 12 bucks.
With an eBook that costs less
than your daily coffee (and a fancy
paperback available if you prefer), you have no reason not to get started in miles and
points right now.