tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939271308870333669.post8606825431621776544..comments2024-03-05T22:12:23.918-08:00Comments on Karen Woodward: Dean Wesley Smith: The Best Price For EbooksKaren Woodwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05497346859460691324noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939271308870333669.post-7243861612719384132011-09-07T10:48:06.726-07:002011-09-07T10:48:06.726-07:00I have very fond memories of going to the bookstor...I have very fond memories of going to the bookstore each month to get the next "chunk" of Stephen King's "The Green Mile."<br /><br />Done correctly, this could be a very interesting approach for ePublishing. The one downside I see is that you have to deal with the $0.99 commission rate while still essentially charging $5 for your book if it's in five pieces. You'dMichael Hayneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07653617216453974106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939271308870333669.post-57022187832366785082011-09-07T10:07:01.769-07:002011-09-07T10:07:01.769-07:00Thanks for the comment! About your idea for turnin...Thanks for the comment! About your idea for turning your book into a serial story, if you do that I would love to know what the response is. <br /><br />I've thought about doing something like that myself, but wondered whether readers would get grumpy about having to buy the various installments. Food for thought. Appreciate the reply. :)Karen Woodwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05497346859460691324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939271308870333669.post-28349075937531016672011-09-07T06:20:47.226-07:002011-09-07T06:20:47.226-07:00$4.99 Seems very fair for both the author and the ...$4.99 Seems very fair for both the author and the reader. In my case, as a first time author, although I am confident and proud of my work, I would find my inner most pre-madonna asking any more then $4.99 when I have proven nothing. So I am contemplating the quasi Stephen King route by asking $.99 to $1.99 for the first two chapters and then perhaps $.99 for the follow up chapters. There will Jirka Samuel Borovechttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02890152457649125802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939271308870333669.post-24923365319574562272011-09-06T20:29:23.575-07:002011-09-06T20:29:23.575-07:00MT, thanks for the tip. I think I have looked at h...MT, thanks for the tip. I think I have looked at his site before, but will double-check right now.Michael Hayneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07653617216453974106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939271308870333669.post-45907188459254234652011-09-06T19:09:58.147-07:002011-09-06T19:09:58.147-07:00Hi Denise, I like your philosophy! This isn't ...Hi Denise, I like your philosophy! This isn't a zero sum game, we can all be winners and we get ahead by helping each other out. I'm glad you stopped by. :)Karen Woodwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05497346859460691324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939271308870333669.post-55776535192693450282011-09-06T18:53:41.599-07:002011-09-06T18:53:41.599-07:00Hi Karen. I'm glad I found/followed you. I'...Hi Karen. I'm glad I found/followed you. I'm a potential e-book author so I've been reading some of your past posts as well. Yeah, let's not just be takers, be givers. I like that. DeniseDenise Covey https://www.blogger.com/profile/07106490051555233439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939271308870333669.post-21935887128895227082011-09-06T17:52:54.628-07:002011-09-06T17:52:54.628-07:00MT, I think you've hit the nail on the head: v...MT, I think you've hit the nail on the head: volume. If a writer has more than one book for sale, preferably 10 or more, then one or more books can operate as a loss leader. <br /><br />I admied Amanda Hocking's strategy of pricing the first book of a series low, or free, and then charging more for the rest of the books in the series.Karen Woodwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05497346859460691324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939271308870333669.post-41830798543627218892011-09-06T17:48:07.066-07:002011-09-06T17:48:07.066-07:00Michael- probably you have read JA Konrath's b...Michael- probably you have read JA Konrath's blog (who hasn't, really, and if not you should). He wrote a while back about playing with pricing and putting books on 'sale'. This seems the best method to me, to not settle on a single price point for a book, to constantly massage the price point. <br /><br />This of course assumes that you will have multiple titles to sell so that MT Nickersonhttp://mtnickerson.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939271308870333669.post-76663392054494674042011-09-06T17:43:05.023-07:002011-09-06T17:43:05.023-07:00I agree, $4.99 is an eminently reasonable price fo...I agree, $4.99 is an eminently reasonable price for a novel. It's amusing to think that just last year I would have thought nothing of spending $8 for a paperback by a favorite author but now I think of $8 as high. As a reader I've been spoiled. <br /><br />Lately, I've spoken with a couple of writers whose ebooks are doing just fine at prices over 4.99! I think Dean may be onto Karen Woodwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05497346859460691324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939271308870333669.post-36249745300575147602011-09-06T17:10:59.519-07:002011-09-06T17:10:59.519-07:00$4.99 strikes me as an eminently fair price for an...$4.99 strikes me as an eminently fair price for an eBook of novel length. It's less than a mass market paperback, let alone a trade PB or hardback.<br /><br />And with the way Kindle %ages as I understand them work, you have to get 10 times the sales to get the same payment at $0.99 as compared to $4.99.<br /><br />Still, it also seems like it could be easier to build word of mouth at $0.99..Michael Hayneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07653617216453974106noreply@blogger.com