back to the pricing thread...
thanks, Ed...
meanwhile, back at the "how expensive is my book going to be?" thread:
Message:
The local snotty Barnes and Noble manager told me a PA paperback would cost at least $27.00. I was shocked but then went to Border's. They had a few PA books on the shelf costing $19.95. Guess Barnes and Noble was wrong. That woman was very anti-PA, she actually referred me to IUniverse. I still would rather it cost less than $19.95, because I know when I am looking for a book and find two similar books, I go for the cheaper one.
LAdams
2/23/2005
08:01:01
RE: Retail Pricing????
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My book is but 166 pages and retails for $19.95. I have not had a single person flinch when they heard the price. I have never had to discount the price to get someone to buy.
If you have a good book people wll pay without question.
If you don't believe in the quality of your book how do you expect others to do so.
At an auction for charity before Christmas my book went for $90.00.
Belive in yourself and your work...do not undersell.
Just my 2 cents worth
Peace,
Larry~
http://www.larrya.us
jck
2/23/2005
09:04:00
RE: Retail Pricing????
Message:
PA books are premium books because you will sign all your copies. Readers can come on here and see the authors on the message boards. They can link with your web site to contact you personally.
Compare this to buying a cheap paperback with no personal contact with an author.
PA has also allowed you to use the cover art for merchandising. Many give away free bookmarks etc with their books.
A person will always spend a little more for added value. The price of you book is the least of your problems so do not worry about it.
john
twoclots
2/23/2005
09:38:02
RE: Retail Pricing????
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Sorry folks, I have to totally disagree, you may sell a few dozen, hundred books at $20 or 12 uk pounds, but the mass readers buy books at a max of $10 or 7.5 UK pounds, AND the vast marority will not go above £5 pounds, damn where's that pound sign,or $7. Myself and wife included. Now no way are we knocking PA, by publishing for free they have allowed us to retain a healthy marketing budget which could mean high volume sales, IF the price is right.which would be good for PA and every author connected to it. The quality of our product is not in question, and is a very enjoyable read in a novel style. Advance publicity already supports this.But we don't want to sell a few thousand books, the market appeal of Two Clots in a Camper could reach hundreds of thousands. Are we wrong to be content with 'small potatoes, is not yours, the orginal land of oppertunity. If JK Rowling (Harry Potter) had gone with PA would she have only sold 50 copies????
No offence to anyone intended.
Cheers
Steve (Linda does not know I've written this)
www.twoclots.com
twoclots
2/23/2005
10:22:45
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Whoops, cardinal sin, I cannot believe how bad my spelling was in that last reply, serves me right for rushing to do a reply in a break instead of waiting until I got home.
Sorry
Steve, again.
PS Larry, John, if you have met or signed copies to everyone who bought your books we are not talking high volumes here are we?
Also if I sign every copy, that implies that they are all ordered from my personal supply?
I now await the flack, or hopefully some support!
twoclots
2/23/2005
10:34:37
RE: Retail Pricing????
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Larry, out of interest, your book is currently on Amazon UK for £8.55 or about $15.39. just thought you might be interested, it also rates 4 stars.
Cheers
Steve
I'll shut up now!
Fellow Brits, the pound sign is invisible when you type, but comes up in the final script, bye..
Joyce Ann
2/23/2005
10:58:52
RE: Retail Pricing????
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I have been told that $9.95 is the median retail price for
a book of 107 pages. Anyone know any different?
Joyce Ann
jck
2/23/2005
12:25:13
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It is important to deal with one question at a time. The fact is many top selling books command a high price. People pay extreme prices for so called designer labels. I agree the public will not pay a higher price for run of the mill books.
As for signing copies, during your initial work on promoting your book, that is what all authors do. The point is that if you can make the breakthrough you can visit stores and sign multiple copies there. Also you can send slips with a signed paragraph to all stores to add to your book.
Only 2% of all books make it into bookstores and then only 1 out of 3 books in stores make a profit. Even though everyone realises that fact it is lost when everyone wants their book to be the one. Only a small few will make it and if you search the posts you will see some doing really well.
Pride comes with having your book published and after that you are left with a product. The question is can you sell your product and does anyone want it?
Every problem under the sun is put forward as an excuse for authors being unable to sell their product. Time should be spent solving the problems in a novel way apart from hard work.
Larry has a good product, people want it, and he is making sure they know about it.
My book is science and logic, if people do not want it then I will not sell any copies, but one thing is for sure and that is they will know about it.
The price of my book is the price on the cover but the content is priceless. My book will be worth whatever the price is on the cover.
Imagine you only had your authors copies and could get no more copies, how much would you sell a copy for then?
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this... can only go from bad to worse. Wait until they actually GET their copies and try to sell them.
there's a reason why the exodus of PA authors happens 1) when you get your first copies 2) when the royalty checks go out.