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Being transparent about pricing is working against you. If I want to pay $54 for a book and I know only $0.77 are going to you, I'm simply not going to buy it.

by vahji 8y ago

Being transparent about pricing is working against you. If I want to pay $54 for a book and I know only $0.77 are going to you, I'm simply not going to buy it. The production costs might be reasonable, but $20+ to Amazon just for existing? Fuck that. I mean I use Amazon when I know their margins are razor thin (for most things they are), but in this case, big nope here.

OberstKrueger 8y ago
The PDF is $10 on Google Play, DRM-free. A quick search shows that Google pays out about half of the selling price. Doesn't beat having a paper book though, if that's your thing.
- ekianjo 8y ago
  Funny, it's 2000 JPY in Japan. Which is 17.7 USD. Why the +75% Markup for Japan on Google Books?
  - OberstKrueger 8y ago
    The US store has the normal price at $17 and marked as on sale at $10. So the normal price matches with conversion about right.
    - sharken 8y ago
      The price in Denmark matches the price in Japan, so it looks like pricing is similar. Since the book doesn't launch until Monday, there is also a prerelease price that is a few dollars lower.
      - Aissen 8y ago
        The price in France shows the ongoing sale: 10,56€ instead of 15,09€.
- tgsovlerkhgsel 8y ago
  Does DRM free mean you get to download an epub, or just that the inaccessible files on my phone will be less encrypted?
- wolfgke 8y ago
  > The PDF is $10 on Google Play, DRM-free. Also watermark-free?