There's no getting around that, so we'll always look attractive to
readers because of price.
Not exact matches
Now,
of course, if you are a regular
reader of my website, you know that stock
price declines are what you should get excited about
because they represent great buying opportunities to own excellent companies that grow profits and dividends year after year.
I am so excited
because the lovely people from The Mint Julep Boutique is giving all
of my marblelous
readers exclusive access to purchase any slouchy dolman tunic
of your choice for only $ 24 (regular
price is $ 48)!
I tend to go with the more traditional approach
because it is what
readers expect and the
pricing differential
of 20 or so pages isn't enough to worry about.)
POD simply doesn't work well for self - published fiction,
because at the typical
price of a printed book, few
readers will take a chance on an unknown quantity.
Since distributors and stores only impose the most basic quality controls, a lot
of self - published books suffer from lack
of sales
because the author simply didn't deliver at a level
readers expect for the
price.
Additionally,
because traditionally published books tend to sell for a higher
price, they tend to draw an older audience whereas indie and small press books draw younger audiences (and since teens and those in their early twenties are the biggest group
of readers right now, this isn't a bad thing).
The main reasons why the comics are going to experience a
price increase this April is
because physical copies
of these books will finally come with a «free» digital copy
of the same issue, allowing
readers to maintain a physical collection alongside building a digital library
of books, an avenue
of comics reading that's become steadily more popular than physical books in recent years.
I'm grateful to Amazon as a
reader,
because it's brought me so many fresh new indie authors and lowered the
price of ebooks so
readers can read MORE books.
I was not so much turned off by the fact that many
of them targeted a $ 200
price point for a barebones wifi
reader,
because an American distributor will quickly set them right in their expectations by laying out the current
pricing in the market for them.
Of the non-Amazon sites, Smashword's currently my second favorite just because of the «Reader Sets Price» thing and because they finally did actually set up letting you deploy your own EPU
Of the non-Amazon sites, Smashword's currently my second favorite just
because of the «Reader Sets Price» thing and because they finally did actually set up letting you deploy your own EPU
of the «
Reader Sets
Price» thing and
because they finally did actually set up letting you deploy your own EPUB.
I can tell from first experience, even after selling 1600 copies in a month the earning doesn't constitute a «living», especially
because readers hardly buy an ebook
priced over $ 3.99 unless you are one
of the big names.
Carolynn, if Amazon had started its business with a minimum
price of $ 2.00 you would be make a living self - publishing already Your
readers would have discovered you the same if there was no market for ebooks at $ 0.99
because no one offered them at that
price.
Prices would rise to account for the returns and the portion
of readers who dishonestly return ebooks but
readers would likely accept the rise
because of the generous refund policy.
The ones profiting from this new paradigm are authors, who finally have a chance to make a living from their writing,
readers,
because of more choices and lower
prices, and those in the growing industry
of support systems, such as editors, cover designers, marketing partners, and distributors.
At $ 10 — $ 15 per month I think plenty
of avid ebook
readers would be willing to sign up,
because they're probably already buying at least one ebook at retail
prices each month.
Because you'll literally get hundreds
of eyes on your book during your giveaway, avid
reader eyes, and there's a good chance they're also on the eBook newsletters you'd promote your
price drop to.
It's no less true for an author: selling a book to someone ill - suited to your writing (or even «meh» about it) is great for that 64 cents (the royalty a paperback pays), but not so wonderful, as the
reader who feels was ripped off is going to take it out on your reputation (
because most
readers have no idea how little
of that cover
price goes to the author.
Some
readers simply won't pay more than X for an ebook
because they don't like the
price point; others refuse to pay as little as X for an ebook
because of a presumption
of quality.
Now, how many more like me are out there,
readers who enjoy science fiction but aren't willing to take a chance on new authors
because of the
price of their books?
Established authors who have several titles sometimes rotate one title at a time through KDP Select
because they can get a significant number
of new
readers from the program who then go on to buy their other titles at regular
price.
As a
reader, I know I find myself picking up more and more books from indie authors
because they are writing stories I want to read and they are doing it at
prices that allow me to read two or three or more books for the
price of a single Big 5 title.
my biggest concerns regarding the sony 13.3 ″
reader that i am having right now is,
because the buzzwords «business» and «education» are being brought up constantly in its context, that a) the availability on consumer markets will be very limited or further delayed and b)
pricing will be rather high (> 300 $) unless you are part
of an educational programme but lets see how that turns out, thanks for keeping us informed, michael!
Telling a
reader she should pay more for a book simply
because she buys other products at a higher
price doesn't make economic sense to her
because she sees a lower
priced version
of the higher
priced product that delivers essentially the same result.
The lower
prices are either
because of length
of the work and if a novel, an extreme lower
price will often make
readers more weary and cause the novel to jump through more hoops before bought.
Although some indie authors
price their books at the lower end
of the spectrum (as low as.99 cents) in order to compete with better - known writers whose work is being released through traditional publishers, some
readers may be put off by
prices which seem artificially low,
because they won't trust the quality
of the book.
Any
readers, writers and authors who have been sitting on the fence up til this point
because of price or some unknown uncertainty have just had this barrier crushed.
In my own case, I soon came to the realization that the Kindle version
of my novel will outsell the paperback version, purely
because of its lower
price, and by the fact that Ebook
readers like Kindle and Nook are the way
of the future in literature...:)
READERS SHOULD NEVER BE HURT BY AND OVERCHARGED
BECAUSE OF A «SECRET» SYSTEM THAT»S KEEPING
PRICES ARTIFICIALLY INFLATED.
If I were a self published author I would definitely try to stay in the lower
price range
because I imagine that there are lot
of readers like myself that are willing to take a risk on an unfamiliar book / writer as long I don't experience much financial risk
But the part
of this comment that really floors me is how he claims the
price decrease for e-book
readers is
because of agency
pricing.
Because now readers are demanding more and more low - priced and free e-books, and don't even feel guilty about it because they feel that publishers tried to take advantage of them with overpriced e-books, delayed releases, poor formatting, blocking lending, blocking text - to - speech, and invasi
Because now
readers are demanding more and more low -
priced and free e-books, and don't even feel guilty about it
because they feel that publishers tried to take advantage of them with overpriced e-books, delayed releases, poor formatting, blocking lending, blocking text - to - speech, and invasi
because they feel that publishers tried to take advantage
of them with overpriced e-books, delayed releases, poor formatting, blocking lending, blocking text - to - speech, and invasive DRM.
I believe Amazon is the only company that is able to stomach selling their device at margin or almost at a loss,
because they can sell a ton
of content on a ton
of readers at that
price.
And unfortunately, Amazon and Barnes & Noble will be unable to sustain a business on the devices when it hits that low,
because the
price of the most important and expensive component
of those Black & White e-ink
readers, the Vizplex display, is controlled by a company that exclusively manufactures and owns the rights to the electrophoretic technology used in these devices, E Ink Corporation.
In his blog post, Joe takes an opposing point
of view, short ebooks can be more valuable to
readers because they take less time to read — hence, they warrant higher
prices!
Apple is more than willing to accept variable
pricing from publishers on ebooks, and by doing so provide leverage to the publishers to negotiate with Amazon
because Apple wants to de-emphasize the e-book
reader aspects
of the iPad (i.e., it's soooo much more), as well as devalue the Kindle.
And eventually it would all fall apart anyway
because so many authors tired
of getting screwed would self publish, and such a huge percentage
of readers would have switched to digital that paper distribution would all but collapse, making it unprofitable and forcing ebooks to be
priced at a reasonable level.
But many self - published authors don't bother with creating a print version
of their book
because it can be difficult to set a
price that
readers will pay and won't result in a negative royalty.
That said, I think agency
pricing is unwise — and not just
because it has attracted antitrust attention from the U.S. government and the European Union, among others, but
because it isn't in the long - term interests
of either
readers or (I would argue)
of publishers themselves.
Ebook.de, formerly libri.de, keeps having a sale on the newest Sony
Reader (which I took advantage
of in October
because they also offer a 30 - day - back guarantee)
of three German ebooks (from a selection) plus the PRS - T2 at $ 99 — a very good
price.
Frequently, an author will increase the
price of a nonfiction book
because the additional material makes the book more valuable to the
reader.
Small bookstores with full -
price books are rebounding, largely
because affluent
readers understand the value
of these bookstores in their communities, and they are choosing to pay extra to keep them open.
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price, such books will default to a
price of $ 4.95 at Smashwords» retail partners because none of them support the Reader - Sets - the - Price (RSP) op
price of $ 4.95 at Smashwords» retail partners
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Price (RSP) option.
A range
of independent authors have found that lower
prices result in higher total revenue,
because readers buy more books.
Publishers know the best way to keep these
readers buying paper books is to keep e-books
priced so high that they are not an attractive option,
because that is the last piece
of value that a publisher can provide a writer.
I would say that I am a First - Class writer, according to the descriptions
of the types
of books I write that span multiple categories and defy labeling
because of their originality, but I charge my hard - working
readers freight class
prices.
I think bottom line, almost every dedicated
reader prefers print, but electronic reading devices have made huge inroads
because of ebooks»
price and convenience.
I would consider her services to be worth the
price, though,
because she doesn't spam and overwhelm her
readers with book posts and tweets, and she also puts a lot
of work into making high quality banners that generate a lot
of clicks.
It seems even more unreasonable to not include these images when the images are available in digital format already and
because we digital
readers have to endure the awful DRM, the ridiculous
pricing (looking at you, St. Martin's Press), and the lack
of standards in the industry.
In the days before ebooks, I was the type
of reader who would wait for paperback
because I didn't like paying HC
prices and didn't have room for them anyway.