tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post5173609541033224472..comments2024-03-27T08:40:31.785-06:00Comments on Clayton Cramer.: Kindle Book PricingClayton Cramerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03258083387204776812noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-87738071242854827672011-07-22T19:07:44.001-06:002011-07-22T19:07:44.001-06:00I see lots of well informed readers. I hope that ...I see lots of well informed readers. I hope that you will profit from that knowledge. Good publishing, Clayton.edna, grandma, GGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17438569287277211977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-65917510850870800322011-07-22T18:00:44.455-06:002011-07-22T18:00:44.455-06:00Thanks for the tip about print on demand. Very go...Thanks for the tip about print on demand. Very good!Clayton Cramerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03258083387204776812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-80345469685482850252011-07-22T16:54:35.840-06:002011-07-22T16:54:35.840-06:00I'm not sure how that would work for non-ficti...I'm not sure how that would work for non-fiction where I assume there is a smaller market. But for fiction I'll drop $2.99 for anything that looks reasonably interesting. At $9.99 I have to really think about it first.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-46672947644205415332011-07-22T16:30:38.190-06:002011-07-22T16:30:38.190-06:00Looks pretty darn elastic. No surprise.Looks pretty darn elastic. No surprise.Macehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06275537556811417823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-51996880471938378372011-07-22T14:20:06.549-06:002011-07-22T14:20:06.549-06:00One thing to note is the price break. E-Books (on ...One thing to note is the price break. E-Books (on Kindle) that sell for less than $3.99 garner a 35% royalty for the author. E-books that sell for more than $3.99 get 70% royalty. <br /><br />You would have to sell twice as many e-books at $3.99 to make the same royalties as you do at $4.00<br /><br />I recently published an e-book "Machinery Matters: John Henry on Packaging, Machinery, Troubleshooting".<br />It is a collection of 40+ columns and articles I have written for Food & Beverage Packaging Magazine over the past 10 years. <br /><br />I priced it at $7.99 but I have no particular justification for this. It just seemed like a reasonable price. <br /><br />Sales have been a bit disappointing. Or perhaps my expectations were too high. <br /><br />I also published it as a paper book with Amazon's print-on-demand subsidiary CreateSpace. <br /><br />My total out of pocket cost was less than $10. The only money I had to spend was to buy 1 copy for proof approval before they offered it for sale. <br /><br />I priced it at $19.95 because that seemed like a price being charged for this kind of book. <br /><br />It also allows me to offer a 15% discount to visitors who order it off my website. www.changeover.com<br /><br />I can purchase copies to give to clients for a bit more than $4. <br /><br />It is a brave new world in publishing. I am working on finishing a work for hire, a textbook on packaging machinery under a more standard contract. I also have a contract with a major publisher for another book on Changeover. This will be the standard kind of publishing deal. <br /><br />I have some more ideas for book projects and am not sure how I will pursue them. Via a publisher or self-publishing. <br /><br />John HenryJohn henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13529920006532904660noreply@blogger.com