2 2015-06-23 20:32:27 (edited by cobber 2015-06-23 20:32:48)
- cobber
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Re: Amazon & new Kindle
I'm not sure how much I like this. I think authors price a book based on its length and quality. If the price is too high, people won't buy it. Amazon's new pricing system seems like an artificial way of trying to determine the value of a book. Why do this when a simpler mechanism already exists?
- Mike Roberson
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Amazon and Kindle which are review driven will become even more so now.
- Janet Taylor-Perry
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It's not for regular Kindle, just lending and unlimited. I don't think I've earned a penny from lending and unlimited. It's like they checked them out of the library. This way, maybe, I'll get money for that. I've gotten paid every month for regular downloads.
5 2015-06-23 21:59:48 (edited by cobber 2015-06-23 22:00:18)
- cobber
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Ah okay, I see. I didn't read the article closely enough. That makes sense then. I believe this is how Scribd and Oyster do it already.
- Norm d'Plume
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It's too bad Google or Apple don't compete head-on with Amazon in the self-publishing space. It would take a Goliath to break Amazon's stranglehold on the book industry. Barnes & Noble should be the obvious competitor, but they can't compete as long as they're weighed down by brick and mortar overhead.
- Norm d'Plume
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Janet, what fraction of a Kindle e-book's price goes to the author? According to Lulu.com's website, it's a very small fraction. I'm curious how Lulu.com competes with CreateSpace....
