Book Prices: Have Authors Lowballed Themselves?

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  • What if, in order to try to capture market share from traditional publishers, independent authors’ bargain-basement pricing has seriously damaged the public’s idea of what books are worth? Are book prices too low for what authors’ efforts and talents and skills actually are worth? Is it really possible that a full-length book is ever really worth only $2.99 or less? What signal does that send to readers about what writers think of their own work?

By Porter Ander­son | @Porter_Anderson

Issues on the Ether: Book Prices: Have Authors Lowballed Themselves?

Read the full post: PublishingPerspectives.com

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