Comments on: Amazon’s ‘Big Deals’ Puts 900 Kindle Books On Sale–Including Big 6 Titles

By: Candace Smith

Candace Smith — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 06:48:51 +0000

I am published traditionally. As an author, I get such a small amount at regular prices, that when the Indies publish at 99 cents and 2.99, it has always affected me. The sale makes no difference to me (I’m not in one of the big houses). I rely on my writing and following, which has held up. The price, author, or house should not matter if your works uphold a standard and readership following, You want to see something upsetting? Go to Limewire or D4All and watch the thousands of copies of your books that are downloaded for free via torrent, etc. Like most beginning authors, I just want to make a decent amount off my writing. Be confident that if you’ve produced a good work, readers will run through the ‘fluff’, even from these promotions. I know it’s frustrating, but hang in there…

By: Richard Crasta

Richard Crasta — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 05:40:12 +0000

To expand on my above comment, there is no need for mega-authors and mega-publishers, who have such a big slice of the pie already, to take a bit of the small pie shared by thousands of tiny authors. Sale pricing at $5.99 would have been fair; at $2.99, how is an independent author supposed to get noticed and to get buy?
Richard Crastahttp://www.amazon.com/-/e/B001ICH6H4 http://bit.ly/jazP3W
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By: Richard Crasta

Richard Crasta — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 04:22:22 +0000

Hi, I think it is not very considerate to independent authors like me who are struggling to make a living. I was formerly published by big publishers, but now publish on Amazon independently. An author who is selling 100,000 book can afford to have books Kindle priced at $2.99, but not one who is selling 50-200 books.

The model hurts the independents, and I thought the very idea of e-book publishing was to empower the independents.
Richard Crasta, author of I WILL NOT GO THE F**K TO SLEEP & THE REVISED KAMA SUTRA

By: HighHeeledTraders

HighHeeledTraders — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:32:23 +0000

thank you for this article - I am just starting to learn about publishing business and can’t help thinking that the prices in eBook category are low, hopefully they are “old” stock whose costs have already been recovered and sales are just being reinvirogated.