Posted on 02/04/2012 9:10:25 AM PST by Travis McGee
I just noticed Amazon.com has used copies of Castigo Cay for ~$90 per copy.
Got any idea what’s driving the markup?
Wondering if I should order a case and advertise them “Used” for $50. ;-)
Matt’s books are well worth the time.
Bless you!
I’m at least a year away from finishing DK2.
I purchased a Kindle Fire for each my wife and myself. The battery charge lasts eight or more hours, it charges in an hour or less.
I have all four of your books in soft covers and and I’ve been talking about (for some time) reading them all again, so a couple of weeks ago, I purchased all four from Amazon to reread on the Kindle.
Looking forward to DK2!!
Great books Matthew!!
Hub finally is a vol. fireman, had to take two vicious online FEMA tests consisting of gobbledygook that he will never need to know; still one more to go. He’s learning the actual ropes now and since he likes fire, water and machinery, I think he’ll be good at stuff. Plus he has a head for heights if need be. I think your books will find some very interested readers at the fire station.
I just hope the economy is still chugging along in a year or so, when my next novel will be finished. It’s a leap of faith to write novels in this environment.
I see "paid" Kindle titles running from $0.99 to about $15. Generally famous authors charge more, unknowns less, but this does not always hold true.
I'm charging $9.99 per Kindle e-book, which is half the price of my dead tree versions. But would I serve myself better to charge less, in order to entice more first-time readership?
Any thoughts on this?
That’s got to be some kind of glitch or fluke.
5.56mm
I purchased “Raylan” by Elmo Leonard, it was $12.99, his other two older Raylan Givens ebooks are $9.99...
So you are in the ball park.
There is a guy named John Locke who sells his e-books for 0.99 to 2.99. I just bought one of his 99 cent novels, and his booke entitled, “How I Sold a Million E-books in 5 Months.”
I wonder if “giving away” one of my books for, say, 3.99 might pay dividents, in expanding my circle of readership?
Already, I have posted 100s of pages of my novels for free, but to get to my website, you have to have heard of me already.
Even a million times a buck would be a lot better than a few thousand times ten bucks, that’s for sure.
Experiment, lower the price and see what happens; you can always kick it back up.
I just ordered Hal Lindsey’s: “The Everlasting Hatred” [Kindle Edition] $8.77
Hi Travis,
I can only speak from my own experience. The trade paperback cover price for Pursuing Liberty is $16.95, although Amazon discounts it by varying amounts. Our initial Kindle price was $7.99 (based on the fact that it’s a release by new authors and on the paperback page count (~250).
We did a two-week-only Kindle special of 99 cents - we had terrific results from it. One advantage of the 99 cent Kindle price is that the title ends up on a separate list of $1 and under - some are free, but that didn’t seem like a great idea compared to 99 cents. It’s also a good way to boost your Kindle ranking and visibility, and hopefully the resulting word of mouth.
When we ended the special, we discounted the Kindle price slightly to $6.99, which has worked fine as well.
I would suggest a lower regular Kindle price, and maybe give the 99 cent special a shot. If you can precede it, and accompany it, with plenty of online buzz, you should see a bump in orders.
Please Freepmail me if you have any questions or want more info!
You know, I’ve seen similar situations, and I guess they’re trying for the rare jackpot. We had an Amazon reseller listing Pursuing Liberty for $130 or something. I don’t recall slipping a gold ingot in there... ;)
Tomorrow I am going to start work on my FIRST Kindle article. Nothing political. Just an article about how NASCAR fans can ECONOMICALLY go to the races and even come out of it with money in their pockets. How To article.
You might try that with EFAD, that being the starting point.
Those are some great ideas. I might try a month for EFAD, my first novel, at 99 cents to see what happens, and then raise it back up to something like 3.99 for good. It’ll be easy enough to compare metrics to the other titles and the print editions.
I didn’t even know I could raise the price of a Kindle e-book, once it was lowered. I thought it only worked one way, down, like a ratchet.
Are you going to post it for free, or for .99 cents?
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.