A kindle is on my wish list. Along with a few hundred books. However, not going to cave into the higher prices. Also not getting the ipad. I don't like being told what kind of software and aps I have to have. If I could use the Droid on my prepaid acct, I would. I hear they're fairly easy to hack and bend to your will.
Another link, with important data: When Publishers Set Prices (with pictures!)Publishers have never done pricing without the safety net of retailers making adjustments to optimize consumer demand. Retailers spend a great deal of time on price analysis/optimization. ... this is going to be a new business function for most publishers and a faster decision-cycle more akin to print inventory decisions than the leisurely process of setting publication price points at the beginning of each season. Get ready. I am looking forward to publishers going into a screaming arm-waving panic in about six months, when they figure out that pre-set, fixed prices give them no data about customer interest--they don't have a way to tell the difference between "not liked" (i.e. wouldn't sell much at half the price) and "too expensive" (would sell zillions if you dropped the price 20% and you can make it up in volume), and customers who don't like their methods are going to give them all sorts of feedback that (1) makes them angry and (2) they don't know how
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My 2 cents worth on ebooks and MacMillanjemylFebruary 19 2010, 03:44:38 UTC
The funny thing about all of this is that in some niches on the net, particularly Internet Marketing and several "how to" venues, ebooks, even audio or dead tree versions of the same copy are provided to consumers for a "shipping and handling fee". This fee is usually $7.95, $9.95 or $14.95 depending on the popularlity of the author and the amount/length of material shipped to the consumer. I've even seen such a fee charged for an ebook in only pdf form, though this is rare
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I am looking forward to publishers going into a screaming arm-waving panic in about six months, when they figure out that pre-set, fixed prices give them no data about customer interest--they don't have a way to tell the difference between "not liked" (i.e. wouldn't sell much at half the price) and "too expensive" (would sell zillions if you dropped the price 20% and you can make it up in volume), and customers who don't like their methods are going to give them all sorts of feedback that (1) makes them angry and (2) they don't know how ( ... )
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