By: Saul Hudson
I think you might be missing something here. The process of getting the book into an ebook format is a one off. Only ONE copy needs to be made and uploaded, not thousands or millions so the real cost...
View ArticleBy: Anonymous
It’s not about how you distribute the file, it’s how the content is built. It can take years to develop and produce good content, all time and money invested in the CONTENT ever before it is determined...
View ArticleBy: David Stockman
Saul, you’re missing the point. The actual cost of printing a book has fallen dramatically over the last decade but book prices are still rising. The printing costs are only a small portion of the...
View ArticleBy: John F. Harnish
The pleading for higher priced ebooks can be rightfully attributed to one word: Overhead!!! The push by the “big six” publishers to inflate the price of ebooks above the consumer-friendly threshold of...
View ArticleBy: John F. Harnish
I’ve been involved in some aspect of publishing for more than half a century. I can remember the sales promise when labor intensive letterpresses were replaced with more cost-effective offset presses...
View ArticleBy: Saul Hudson
Well I’m not sure what it’s like for you guys but over here in the UK where my brother runs a small publishing company I can tell you from my own experience it costs very little to produce an ebook....
View ArticleBy: Erica Hartnett
Thank you all for your thoughtful responses! Saul, no offense taken here; I think it’s great to have a variety of opinions, especially because this is a situation that doesn’t have an easy answer right...
View ArticleBy: Saul Hudson
Hi Erica Yes I think it all really does come down to “content” or rather the value of it. Now I am not one of those people who think ebooks, any ebook, should cost just a couple of dollars simply...
View ArticleBy: Neale Sourna
How about the simple basis, too, that the author, who has taken so much time, psychological and emotional energy, research, grammar study, choosing the correct words and phrases to shape an emotional...
View ArticleBy: John F. Harnish
Hello Erica… Content is omnipotent!!!! I agree with you completely that different content requires appropriate pricing. My nonfiction “Ebooks about Ebooks” series is priced higher because of the...
View ArticleBy: Erica Hartnett
Saul, I do agree with you — I like having the hierarchy in price as well. It does get tricky when places like Amazon “underprice,” but I do tend to value a physical format with a higher price point....
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By: Erica Hartnett
Thanks for these comments, John. There are so many options available to writers now, and figuring out the right price point and marketing strategy is definitely a huge part of the battle. I (along with...
View ArticleBy: Amilcar
Ebooks for Fireworks are very rare, so there is defadiadnitely a maradket (I also have been thinkading of makading one or two) . As an oldadtimer FW user, I peradsonadally dont have need for furadther...
View ArticleBy: Mathys
Hi Dicey, thanks for jniniog our discussion. But I’m not quite sure what you mean do you mean that print books with CreateSpace will cost more than ebooks, or more than some other option?
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