Comments on: Ebooks Should Be Cheaper http://feralintensity.com/2009/12/31/ebooks-should-be-cheaper/ I Make It Up As I Go Along Mon, 21 May 2012 15:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Scath http://feralintensity.com/2009/12/31/ebooks-should-be-cheaper/comment-page-1/#comment-591 Scath Thu, 31 Dec 2009 23:30:26 +0000 http://feralintensity.com/?p=2077#comment-591 *pokes Dhympna* Page counts don't matter in regards to ebooks. See my next blog post for why. :) *pokes Dhympna*

Page counts don’t matter in regards to ebooks.

See my next blog post for why. :)

]]> By: Scath http://feralintensity.com/2009/12/31/ebooks-should-be-cheaper/comment-page-1/#comment-590 Scath Thu, 31 Dec 2009 22:05:34 +0000 http://feralintensity.com/?p=2077#comment-590 If I priced based on my time, effort & expenses during the writing/production of one of my titles, I'd never sell any of them! :) I think word counts for ebooks should be listed across all distribution sites. Smashwords shows them (of course, the total word count, not just the story's word count, but still...). Pubs could do that, but whether any will or not remains to be seen. I mean that's kind of simple, right? They don't seem to be very good at dealing with 'simple' solutions. Ooh, that was tacky. Sorry. :) If I priced based on my time, effort & expenses during the writing/production of one of my titles, I’d never sell any of them! :)

I think word counts for ebooks should be listed across all distribution sites. Smashwords shows them (of course, the total word count, not just the story’s word count, but still…).

Pubs could do that, but whether any will or not remains to be seen. I mean that’s kind of simple, right? They don’t seem to be very good at dealing with ‘simple’ solutions.

Ooh, that was tacky. Sorry. :)

]]> By: Dhympna http://feralintensity.com/2009/12/31/ebooks-should-be-cheaper/comment-page-1/#comment-589 Dhympna Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:08:06 +0000 http://feralintensity.com/?p=2077#comment-589 I don't think books should be that cheap. That is not fair to the writer. To play devil's advocate, I am sick and tired of epublishers charging 6 to 8 dollars for a 130 page novel. Some pubs do not list word counts and after I buy such a short book, I will admit that I feel cheated. I wonder if pubs could do something similar to what some stores do with CDs or DVDs. Start at a higher price and gradually reduce it. Want the ebook edition of "Teh Most Awesomesauce" on the day the HC releases? You pay 15$, four weeks later the price reduces and such. .-= Dhympna´s last blog ..<a href="http://culinarycarnivale.blogspot.com/2009/12/wonderful-winter-island-interview.html" rel="nofollow">A Wonderful Winter Peninsular Interview--The Torture of Annemarie Hartnett, Volume I</a> =-. I don’t think books should be that cheap. That is not fair to the writer.

To play devil’s advocate, I am sick and tired of epublishers charging 6 to 8 dollars for a 130 page novel. Some pubs do not list word counts and after I buy such a short book, I will admit that I feel cheated.

I wonder if pubs could do something similar to what some stores do with CDs or DVDs. Start at a higher price and gradually reduce it.

Want the ebook edition of “Teh Most Awesomesauce” on the day the HC releases? You pay 15$, four weeks later the price reduces and such.
.-= Dhympna´s last blog ..A Wonderful Winter Peninsular Interview–The Torture of Annemarie Hartnett, Volume I =-.

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