It comes as no surprise that traditional publishing do not want to let go of their profit margin - and the pause before hitting the confirm purchase people will feel as they do the sums and think ‘Hey - I can get this in spanky hardback for this price.’
So - only people who are desperate to read the novel on their handheld Ebook reader are likely to buy at such the inflated price. Apparently, this also takes into account the VAT necessary - however, it looks like the publisher has considered the hardback RRP and just removed the price of printing (which on a large run will amount to approx 80p!)
The perfect opportunity for independent authors who own the rights to their own books - and thus are able to set their own price (to earn ‘about a quid’ per download).
I was hoping to start making some bloggy comments and begin contribution (or link lurve) with some of the national paper book places and other sites - and considered whether to contribute under me, Ady Hall, or the book profile Feng Shui Assassin. I think I’ll opt for the latter. a) cos the title is catchy and may create a click just on curiousities sake and b) I don’t have much to actually contribute as me.
The contribution/involvement with other sites is a necessity to start building the pagerank for the blog and site - and also attract commentors from other sites and such. Inbound links means a bigger smile on the googlebots - and contribution is an easyish way to attain them.
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