Comments on: “Devaluation” and Other Pricing Myths

By: Pricing: less of a luxury, more of a chocolate bar | allonymbooks

Pricing: less of a luxury, more of a chocolate bar | allonymbooks — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 09:54:11 +0000

[...] for novels that have no print counterpart? Romance novelist Jackie Barbosa tells a very familiar tale of pricing agony on her blog. Pitching her first novel at $2.99, she lowered and lowered the price [...]

By: DG Sandru

DG Sandru — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 18:59:27 +0000

When I was younger than I am now I received a valuable advise about pricing. In short the market (consumer) sets the price not the seller. It sounds counterintuitive, but think about it, buyers compare prices and the value they get for their dollars. If they think the value of the book is not justified by the asked price they will not buy. And so it forces the seller, or author, to lower the book price, if quantity sold is important. For an author quantity is always important, in my opinion. So what should the price be for a book? A lot of variables affect the book prices, but experiment with different price ranges until it works. Also it helps to have more than one book published, it adds credibility and the prices could be higher.

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La svalutazione e altri miti sul prezzo del libro — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 13:30:45 +0000

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By: “Devaluation” and Other Pricing Myths | The Passive Voice

“Devaluation” and Other Pricing Myths | The Passive Voice — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 13:03:06 +0000

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By: Stacey

Stacey — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 19:03:57 +0000

I often take a chance on an author I haven’t heard of for 99 cents. I have often purchased all the books in the series after, if I like it. I might not have taken the chance if it was higher. Thanks for seeing this–I know I have bought more of your books Ms. B because of this–I am one of your success stories.

By: Bev

Bev — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 16:25:39 +0000

I agree wholeheartedly. I was of the same mindset with my novella and making it free was the absolute smartest thing I could have ever done.

By: Anthea Lawson

Anthea Lawson — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 05:34:51 +0000

Great post, Jackie. I’m having the same struggle with my YA urban fantasy series. The readers who *do* find it love it, but for the last nine months I’ve been stubbornly sticking to a price point that I feel the book ought to be. Dangit, my book is every bit as good as a grande mocha breve!

But it’s not finding enough readers, no matter what I do. So starting September 1, I’m dropping the first book in the series to .99 cents. And if that doesn’t work, I’m willing to go all the way down to free. We both know people who have had tremendous success finding readers with the first book or novella in their series set to free.

I noticed your changing prices, and wondered at the reasoning – now I know! As always, best best of luck to you, and strong sales~