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Comment on “The Old Equations” Nominated For Nebula Award by Nebulous notoriety « Anaea Lay

Nebulous notoriety « Anaea Lay — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 01:34:06 +0000

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Comment on Mission. Suit. Self. by Experimentation | Jake Kerr

Experimentation | Jake Kerr — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 08:08:05 +0000

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Comment on 2012 Plans by NicoleMD

NicoleMD — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 20:38:27 +0000

Woot! Hope to catch you at ArmadilloCon this year!

Comment on Ebook Pricing & Competition by Jake

Jake — Wed, 04 May 2011 05:43:09 +0000

Great question. I will re-address this at some point. I’m a real amateur on this, however. I just find it fascinating.

Comment on Ebook Pricing & Competition by Katrina

Katrina — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 01:49:26 +0000

“Readers browsing Amazon generally search like this: They open the Kindle bookstore and are presented with the bestsellers. There are generally two next steps: They sort by the genre they are interested in and price point, low to high.”

I’d be interested to see your analysis taken one step further: how many “bestsellers” are free, vs at the other price points? Does the proportion of bestsellers at each price point match the numbers available at each price point?

Comment on On Ebook Pricing And Digital Markets by NicoleMD

NicoleMD — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 15:31:40 +0000

It will be interesting to see where the price point settles. 99 cents is a fair price for short stories and I’m excited that writers will be able to get their shorts seen by people besides other writers. $9.99 for a new release novel is painful in the same way paying $30 bucks for a new hardcover is painful, but I’m willing to pay the premium, albiet grumpily. The $5 to $7 range feels pretty much spot on. (Typed on my new Nook Color!)

Comment on Disrupting The Short Fiction Publishing Model by Michelle

Michelle — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 13:52:37 +0000

Very interesting approach. The professional sci-fi markets can definitely be frustrating. And with something like Kindle, you can make this story exactly what you want to be.

A friend and I were talking about this in terms of novels. He pointed out that small presses are becoming more popular and that a recent noble prize winner actually was published through a small press. Those presses don’t have the prestige, but they can give individual authors a lot more personal attention.

My only counter to that is that the big guys still own the market, you know? So if this is something you want to establish as your livelihood (which I do) then you should at least start at the big guys and let them all reject you before going to a small press or a Kindle.

Comment on Disrupting The Short Fiction Publishing Model by Jake

Jake — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 21:53:32 +0000

I will need to do a post about price point. Amazon gives a 70% royalty on books that are priced at, I believe, $3.99 or above. This dramatically changes the economics. If you sell 100 copies at that price point, you’re making $300. If you can build a readership and you have a decent backlog, this can bring in some decent money. Of course, for brand new writers this is incredibly difficult, but it’s probably not much harder than getting through a slush pile.

Comment on Disrupting The Short Fiction Publishing Model by NicoleMD

NicoleMD — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 06:47:13 +0000

Interesting. I’m thinking of putting together a small collection of my published short fiction as an experiment. Heck, $20 a month buys dinner, right? And your cover looks great!

Comment on Disrupting The Short Fiction Publishing Model by Sylvia

Sylvia — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 22:01:17 +0000

It’ll be interesting to see how this pans out. I’m looking forward to reading the results!