tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040486715126429420.post6748114152237782236..comments2024-01-16T21:08:41.534-06:00Comments on On a Wing and a Whim: Know Your Readers (Pricing)On a Wing and a Whimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00754595334684845895noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040486715126429420.post-78080855113410153282014-08-16T07:59:21.354-05:002014-08-16T07:59:21.354-05:00Doing the Book of Barkley as a kindle,nook,ipad ad...Doing the Book of Barkley as a kindle,nook,ipad added to the costs (as I had someone format and set it up for me) but hope that would help with sales for a lot of folks don't want the dead tree books. I really appreciate Peter sending me one though.<br />Home on the Rangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03836315423040719919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040486715126429420.post-30950791905006173282014-08-11T19:17:11.516-05:002014-08-11T19:17:11.516-05:00$3.99 seems to be the sweet spot for my work, I th...$3.99 seems to be the sweet spot for my work, I think because I writer shorter novels (70-80K words). $4.50 is OK, but at the lower price, the books really move. <br /><br />TXRedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040486715126429420.post-20606835155790105372014-08-07T20:38:09.443-05:002014-08-07T20:38:09.443-05:00Good points, well worth reviewing and thinking abo...Good points, well worth reviewing and thinking about, especially on marketing follow-on books...Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040486715126429420.post-46640185657835907122014-08-07T18:48:02.400-05:002014-08-07T18:48:02.400-05:00Nice analysis, and well written.
As a non-author,...Nice analysis, and well written.<br /><br />As a non-author, I still find these types of articles of interest, as they can provide me with insight into what the author may be attempting to accomplish (in addition to making a living, that is).<br /><br />I have been reading (and buying books) for more than 50 years, and I have now reached the final stage, where I much appreciate an author that can actually write. some of the new authors fill me with despair, as it appears they could not recognize a dangling participle if they were about to hung by it!<br /><br />I am constantly on the search for new material, and when I find an author that tells a good story and has a reasonable level of competence with the language, I tend to buy all their works.<br /><br />Due to many factors, space being among them, I no longer buy dead tree books. I far prefer e-books, and have a significant library. I read somewhere north of 200 works per year, (so far this year I have purchased and read 129 books)and pricing is only one criterion, and not the most important one.<br /><br />Keep up the good work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com