Not exact matches
It gives you far higher per -
book earnings than traditionally
published authors are receiving (even those whose ebooks are selling for $ 10 +), it gives the readers a deal when compared to most traditionally
published ebooks, and it's often considered a fair price by those who feel that digital
books should cost less than the
dead -
tree variety since paper, ink, and shipping aren't a part of the equation.
He's also frustrated by the very medium of
dead -
tree publishing itself, since when consumers buy a
book they're really paying for the author's ideas and a
book is «a form that's hard to spread» and electronically he can reach «10 to 50 times as many people.»
I also don't think
dead -
tree book publishing is going away any time soon.
However,
publishing a real
dead -
tree print
book gives you a level of credibility that no ebook can match.
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.
It seems to me that an ebook has all the same
publishing costs as a
dead tree book except for the actual printing, shipping and warehousing.
Oh, and that reminds me, I finally got off my
dead A and
published all my
books hard copy, so if you want to pay way too much and kill a bunch of
trees, you know how to do it.
I'm getting ready to
publish (
dead tree and e-
book) a children's / YA
book related to Christmas.