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From: Gary McGath <garym@mcgath.com>
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Subject: Re: AKICIF: The Shape of Asterix
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On 9/15/24 8:56 AM, Ben Yalow wrote:
>> I am*not*  going to buy any e-books for which the fine print says I
>> don't own it, but just have a temporary license to read it, which
>> may be revoked at any time.  And which "phones home" to tell the
>> publisher, advertisers, and the government exactly what I read
>> and when.
> While most of the Big 5 originals price their ebooks fairly high (note
> that Baen is not a Big 5 and has a different ebook pricing policy), the
> indy/small press market mostly prices their ebooks at a significant
> discount from the paper (likely TP) version.  Mostly, it looks like their
> $5.99 or under price point seems to be the sweet spot.  There are
> exceptions -- presses that are doing premium price physical books will
> have their ebook versions priced higher.

More relevant to Keith's point, the indy publishers are much more likely 
than the big ones to distribute books without DRM encumbrance and Kindle 
monitoring.

-- 
Gary McGath    http://www.mcgath.com