AlanNJ wrote:
BearLion wrote:
AlanNJ wrote:
BearLion wrote:
AlanNJ wrote:
So first Rowling rails against the whole idea of e-books and then when she finally decides to publish one she charges this much? I think she's spending too much time in Hogwarts. She needs a dose of reality.
To be fair, the odds are that JKR didn't price the book herself.
And yet, I would still have to believe if she wanted a lower price she would make her opinion known.
But you don't know whether she had an opinion about the price being to high and, if so, whether she did make it known to the people who ultimately made the price decision.
You are correct. I don't know. I'm speculating just as we all are.
I've had email conversations about book pricing with other authors. Granted, they're not the at the Rowlings level money wise, but they do very well, and they all said the same thing. They don't have any control over the price once they signed the contract with the publisher.
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No I wouldn't pay this much for this book, or any other, regardless of the format.
The cost of something has little impact on the price, price is based on what the market will bear. So whether an eBook costs more, less, the same to produce, is irrelevant.
When I buy a book, it's for the content, not the format, I don't get why people are so hung up on the format. And yes I know, the HC is yours, you can do with it what you want, etc, but what I do with a book after I have read it has never been a factor in my purchasing decision. I buy a book because I want to read the story, so I don't understand the "the HC is only a dollar more, I'll buy the HC" thought process. If I want the HC I'll buy it, if I want the eBook, I'll buy it, in some cases I've purchased both. One to go on the bookshelf with the rest of the series, the eBook to actually read.
"the Harry Potter ebooks are all priced at $7.99-$9.99, and that series started being published in 1999 ".
I've never seen the cost of a new paperback go down because the book was published years ago. In fact, a paperbook that was published 10 or more years ago was probably $6.99, a new copy of the same book today is probably $7.99. Just never seen a discount in a printed book based on its age, I don't know why I would expect to see a discount on a eBook because it was published years ago. Not that I wouldn't like too, there are a number of books I have in paperback that I would love to replace with the eBook version, but I can't justify it at $7.99, not given that I already have a copy.
