tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post7395265387492247047..comments2024-03-26T19:19:35.144+00:00Comments on Eolake Stobblehouse thoughts: Rushdie and "napsterism"Eolake Stobblehousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07126147415891586345noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-47138371312801483712012-03-12T14:30:58.484+00:002012-03-12T14:30:58.484+00:00The flaw in your thinking is that while it's o...The flaw in your thinking is that while it's obviously true that putting a hugely lower price on a book will sell more copies authors only get a small percentage. Not a problem for well established writers but a bit of one for the new guy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-23994113400958152852012-03-11T21:57:12.032+00:002012-03-11T21:57:12.032+00:00Somebody on Twitter suggested self-publishing to R...Somebody on Twitter suggested self-publishing to Rushdie. Not a bad idea. Normally authors get only a couple of dollars per book, which means if they can sell them themselves for a couple dollars and sell much more (due to lower price), they could make much more money.Eolake Stobblehousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07126147415891586345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-10999042919307698762012-03-11T21:53:27.235+00:002012-03-11T21:53:27.235+00:00I imagine you're right.
So of course this me...I imagine you're right. <br /><br />So of course this means that the ebook revolution is a great advantage to the small and self-pulisher, and actually a disadvantage to the big publishing companies, since people expect to pay significantly less for ebooks. <br /><br />Well, my heart doesn't bleed too much, it was a playing field which badly needed some leveling.Eolake Stobblehousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07126147415891586345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-24403011522877003252012-03-11T18:03:53.662+00:002012-03-11T18:03:53.662+00:00Unless we are talking high-end art books (large fo...Unless we are talking high-end art books (large format, printed on very good paper, etc) the economy of scales is such that printing is NOT such a determining factor in pricing a book. <br /><br />When a big publisher pays 80c to print a paperback and maybe 40c for its various digital costs (formatting, shelf space on vendors' sites, various promotional expenses), the difference between the paper and the digital version can't be dramatic. Especially since the digital version still sells less than the paper version, and potentially causes more losses due to piracy (second-hand sales may cause losses in paper but not in potentially big numbers like piracy).<br /><br />I don't have hard numbers, these are only guesses based on talks with people in the industry.ganesha gameshttp://www.ganeshagames.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-2678441051348337842012-03-11T12:40:18.633+00:002012-03-11T12:40:18.633+00:00Yes indeed, you are far from alone in this.
I...Yes indeed, you are far from alone in this. <br /><br />I've heard the argument that printing/dist is just a small part of the cost for publishers, but I think that if this is so (given how expensive these things are), then their costs are probably out of control, with a big empire left over from the paper book heyday, lots of staff in premium offices in Manhattan and so on.Eolake Stobblehousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07126147415891586345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-25985083204251821532012-03-11T12:08:29.112+00:002012-03-11T12:08:29.112+00:00The other problem he ignores is that e-books are c...The other problem he ignores is that e-books are cheaper to deliver to the customer: no printing, no massive warehouses, no shelf space, etc. etc. I don't mind splitting these reduced costs a bit with the producer, but it really makes me angry when the price for a e-book I download is the same for the identical book I pick up at my local bookstore.Bruce W.noreply@blogger.com