#e-book pricing

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Pricing An e-book

So What Should You Charge For Your E-Book? You have written and compiled an E-Book. Now you have to decide how much to charge for it. Pricing an e-book is essential to the success of your product.

If you charge too little, people will think it’s of little value, and they won’t purchase it, or even it they do buy your book, you will have to sell thousands of copies to get to the point where you…

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[barryjhall]

Pricing An e-book

So What Should You Charge For Your E-Book? You have written and compiled an E-Book. Now you have to decide how much to charge for it. Pricing an e-book is essential to the success of your product.

If you charge too little, people will think it’s of little value, and they won’t purchase it, or even it they do buy your book, you will have to sell thousands of copies to get to the point where you…

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[amandasgreen57]

What price books?

Sorry for the absence yesterday but I chose discretion over posting. Now, as I listen to the rain and pray that my work after last month’s flood keeps more water out of the house, I thought I’d do a post about book prices. I know, I know. The topic has been done before. I’ll be honest. What brought it back to mind was a thread I saw in a writers’ group I belong to.

The original poster, a writer,…

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[ebookevangelist]

EU Ebooks soon to cost more

EU Ebooks soon to cost more

For readers in the EU and, particularly, the  UK: The price of e-books will be going up in 2015. The culprit? VAT taxes. Starting in January, 2015, there is a huge change in the way VAT will be calculated in European countries.

According to writer Chris Lynch:

Following a European Commission ruling dating back to 2008, e-books are to be taxed in the European member state in which the consumer is…

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[feministliterati-blog]

It’s been over 15 years since the first dedicated e-readers were released, and over seven since the first Kindle. Today, about 15% of consumer spending on books is electronic and about 30% of books sold are e-books. The majority of book readers still only read in print, and only 6% of readers read e-books exclusively. It’s clear that e-books are here to stay, but it’s less clear that the complete dismantling of the publishing industry is around the corner.

Lincoln Michel of BuzzFeed

[improbableauthor]

Another Salvo in the Amazon - Hachette Debate

Another Salvo in the Amazon – Hachette Debate

Behold, a call to arms of sorts.  Thoughts?

Dear KDP Author,

Just ahead of World War II, there was a radical invention that shook the foundations of book publishing. It was the paperback book. This was a time when movie tickets cost 10 or 20 cents, and books cost $2.50. The new paperback cost 25 cents – it was ten times cheaper. Readers loved the paperback and millions of copies were sold in just…

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