Low book
prices are good for readers and encourages book buying, which benefits authors and publishers.
Not exact matches
Amazon Kindle Paperwhite 6 ″ eBook
Reader ($ 89.99 at Amazon)-- It
's less than the «list
price»
for this eReader, but the deal
's really no
better than what you can find regularly on Amazon (and other retailers).
«My warning of a possible short - term fall in Bitcoin
price Friday coincided very
well with a RISE in
price... As my
readers likely know, my published long - term forecast
is for Bitcoin
price to rise
for the next several months.
I pose to the
reader, or any person, the following dilemma: Imagine Alan in two possible worlds: one world like the one just described in which he thought he
was a great painter and felt completely happy about this, and died, but
was deceived and another world in which he really
was a
good painter and his paintings sold
for a high
price because he
was being recognized as such and
was not deceived, and again dies happily.
To all of the
readers / posters, who have you seen
is «available» this upcoming window
for a
good price?
The site also provides
readers with the
price range
for the product based on what it costs in various stores and internet sites and lets you know whether it
is worth shopping around
for the
best price or if every place almost charges the same
price for the baby product.
Best of all, since you
're an Epolitics.com
reader, I have a special present
for you: a discount code that'll knock a serious chunk off the
price.
Several
readers said they'd opt
for the stick shift to get
better performance, but all felt it
was right on the money
for a car in the PT's $ 16,000 to $ 20,000
price range.
As a
reader I can honestly say that ebooks
priced between $.99 — $ 5.00 seems to
be a very fair
price and
is guaranteed to suit most people's budget as
well as providing a profit
for the author.
DISCOUNTED
PRICES — Some
readers today have less time
for reading (so shorter
is better) and / or they may have budget concerns with all the books they read in a year.
If you
're looking
for ways to increase your book / author rank and generate reviews, This graph explains why $ 0.99
is the
best price to reach new
readers, with $ 1.99 not far behind:
Just as ebook distributors competed
for readers by offering the
best in content,
pricing, devices, and compatibility, digital magazine providers
are also upping the ante when it comes to vying
for consumer loyalty.
Good news
for readers, but if the mainstreams
are finally bringing eBook
prices down to what Independent Authors have
been selling them at
for a while, where does that leave the latter?
Lots of us
readers have all the patience in the world
for prices to come down as long as we have
good stuff to read, which
is no problem these days with all the indi authors (and I read lots of different genres, too).
But the
good news
is if an author
is good enough to justify higher
prices,
readers are willing to pay
for quality.
If you
're the sort of
reader who prefers to charge through a completed series rather than waiting
for the next one to come out, you can now do so — and since Carina's
prices are quite
good, you can read the whole trilogy on your device
for about the cost of a paperback!
It
's worth noting that our
readers expect «deals», so $ 4.99 could
well be a
good full
price option
for your title.
Streaming offers a lot of advantages, but it
is best suited to a program like Digital Comics Unlimited or JManga7, where
readers can access a large library of comics all at once
for a fixed
price.
Of course, while at this
price there
are better options available in the market including the latest gen Kindle that would turn out to
be even cheaper, the one aspect where Wink e-book
readers excel
is their support
for 15 languages, something extremely important
for a multi-lingual country like India.
Likewise, surveys have shown that low
price points
for books make
readers respond negatively, as if thinking to themselves, «How
good can it
be?
If it
's a
good thing
for readers to
be able to buy books
for $ 1.99 on Amazon, it
's surely just as
good for readers to
be able to buy Rachel Kaddish or Barbara Trapido at whatever
price they
're willing to pay.
I
'm also willing to stretch my skills by writing shorter projects, something I wouldn't have done a few years back, because I can self - publish it at a
good price point value
for my
readers.
It will
be interesting to see what the other big publishing houses decide to do, I have a feeling your going to see the companies who do nt push
for equivalent ebook to physical book
pricing will have higher sales and in the end make more money off of ebooks AND «dead tree» books as
well thanks to word of mouth from ebook
readers.
As everyone has different requirements, likes and budgets so we will try to answer which e
reader would
be best for you and where to get that e
reader at the
best price in the end.
But I've yet to meet a
reader who thinks compensating lots of people who aren't the writer
is a
good argument
for a $ 9.99 - $ 12.99 ebook
price point.
Once again, this raises the question of whether it
's better to sell ebooks
for a lower
price, reaching more
readers and generating more sales, or if the overall turnover
is what really counts.
When using your Kindle free promotion days or promoting a discounted
price for your book, the
best way to market
is to tap into the thousands of
readers already looking
for deals on books to read.
The
good news
is that
pricing for new
readers has also gone down significantly in the last few years.
For as per the latest e-reader news, Borders has slashed the prices of its Kobo and Aluratek e-book reading devices so that it will now require you to shell out $ 129.99 for a Kobo e-reader, down from $ 149.99 while if its an Aluratek Libre reader that you'd like to have, the good thing is it has breached the proverbial $ 100 mark, by a whisker though so that its now available for $ 99.99, down from the $ 119.99 that it earlier command
For as per the latest e-
reader news, Borders has slashed the
prices of its Kobo and Aluratek e-book reading devices so that it will now require you to shell out $ 129.99
for a Kobo e-reader, down from $ 149.99 while if its an Aluratek Libre reader that you'd like to have, the good thing is it has breached the proverbial $ 100 mark, by a whisker though so that its now available for $ 99.99, down from the $ 119.99 that it earlier command
for a Kobo e-
reader, down from $ 149.99 while if its an Aluratek Libre
reader that you'd like to have, the
good thing
is it has breached the proverbial $ 100 mark, by a whisker though so that its now available
for $ 99.99, down from the $ 119.99 that it earlier command
for $ 99.99, down from the $ 119.99 that it earlier commanded.
Well, then, if you
're not going to spend $ 400 or even $ 200
for an e-ink e-
reader with somewhat inadequate PDF reading capability (I also looked at the DX
for PDFs) then how
is the industry going to get the economies of scale needed to bring out a great 10 ″ e-ink PDF
reader at a
price of $ 200?
With the advent of
better content, similar
pricing, and more choices, many
readers are now turning to their tablets
for periodical content.
Despite the fact Amazon and Barnes and Noble reduced their e-
readers to under the $ 200.00
price range, Kobo offered an added incentive to hustle even more electronic
readers, giving a free $ 20.00 coupon
for Boarders Books if you pick up a Kobo, the offer
is available Online as
well!
Pricing then varies by how much you
're charging
for the book — the
better a deal you offer Bookbub's
readers, the
better the ad deal you get — a win / win!
The younger
readers respond favorably to the interactivity, such as bonus games, touch - screen coloring book applications, and the imagery from their favorite characters; the adults who ultimately purchase the content
for their children
are primarily interested in quality content that they feel confident in giving to their children, as
well as the value of the content at that
price point.
«NOOK Simple Touch GlowLight
is the first
Reader to hit the market with built - in illumination
for reading in the dark and
is the perfect way to experience NOOK's
best - in - class digital reading experience at an unbelievable
price.»
With the wealth of ebooks titles available and an increase in the use of digital indie publishing platforms which enable authors to post their own works as ebooks, more and more
readers are turning to ebook lending libraries and websites
for content, especially in recent months when
best - selling titles have often
been marketed at a very similar
price point to their print counterparts.
Most of the ebooks will
be free to our
readers, courtesy of the author, but on occasion some of the authors will have the option to dramatically drop the
price of their ebooks
for our
readers in order to support charitable causes through the sales that day, ensuring that we can bring you a wide range of both indie and traditionally published writers, as
well as everything from a climbing - the - list bestseller to the work of an as - of - yet undiscovered writing talent.
While American
readers are used to enjoying a reduced
price for e-books due to lack of printing and shipping costs, as
well as nearly instant access to titles on or close to the print release date, that
is simply not always the case abroad.
Hi Michael, you hit some
good points in this article: — there
is no marketing campaign
for the young
readers (16 - 24); — the
price of the E-books
is almost identical with that of the books, although the manufacturing costs
are way smaller
for the former.
Catchy covers and
pricing gimmicks may win attention
for a book, but if that initial attention isn't eventually affirmed by a positive and enduring
reader response, long - term sales will
be mediocre at
best.
As to what this all means
for me, or
for anyone interested in publishing directly to
readers, it means that
prices will stabilize a bit more, affording independent authors a
better chance to figure out what their own products
are worth in the marketplace of ideas.
The
price - tracker sites
are good listening posts
for following the habits and preferences of eBook
readers.
But then, I have problems trusting a company that colludes with others to
price fix e-book costs to the
reader at a
price point that
is well above what I would pay
for a hard copy of the book.
Some companies
are automatically providing access to editors, copy - editor, proof -
readers and self - publishing (
for a
price, often through an outfit linked to self - publishing), and this may work
well for many — but
for TLC, it
's important to keep
being honest with people about what we really think of the work, rather than just immediately saying «oh why not self - publish it
's so easy now.»
However, any author who turns his back on
readers, who makes
readers wait a year to get decently
priced books, who makes
readers pay more
for ebooks than the paperback
price, who trumpets how much more important Publishers
are —
Well, that author can look forward to some real character - building experiences once the revolution has run its course.
The Kindle 4
is a great ebook
reader for the
price, but the Kindle Touch
is a
better value.
Readers want to
be able to shop around and find the
best price for a book.
It provides a
good return and
readers are still willing to try a new author to them at that
price,
for the most part.
The [C$ 149]
price point
is one of the lowest around
for an ebook
reader and compared to a couple of others I have tried lately I think the hardware on the Kobo eReader
is better than most of these other devices.
500
is a
good price first iPhone had a way lower processor and way smaller screen than ipad and sold
for 600 to get a device with a 9 inch screen and can run all iPhone apps
be a ebook
reader movie and tv show watcher
for 500
is good and the first iPhone had no app store
for that 600 dollars either to me this
is a great value
for the money