Re: AKICIF: The Shape of Asterix

On 9/15/24 8:56 AM, Ben Yalow wrote:

I am*not*  going to buy any e-books for which the fine print says I
don't own it, but just have a temporary license to read it, which
may be revoked at any time.  And which "phones home" to tell the
publisher, advertisers, and the government exactly what I read
and when.

While most of the Big 5 originals price their ebooks fairly high (note
that Baen is not a Big 5 and has a different ebook pricing policy), the
indy/small press market mostly prices their ebooks at a significant
discount from the paper (likely TP) version.  Mostly, it looks like their
$5.99 or under price point seems to be the sweet spot.  There are
exceptions -- presses that are doing premium price physical books will
have their ebook versions priced higher.

More relevant to Keith's point, the indy publishers are much more likely than the big ones to distribute books without DRM encumbrance and Kindle monitoring.
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Gary McGath    http://www.mcgath.com