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Except they already create artificial prices due to difference in % by price. 2.99 to 9.99 is 70%, everything else is I believe 35%. This makes a MASSIVE diff

Except they already create artificial prices due to difference in % by price. 2.99 to 9.99 is 70%, everything else is I believe 35%. This makes a MASSIVE difference in the high cost books (stuff like the marketing book point that started me down the train of thought). I understand why Amazon did it with their desire to keep people selling fiction at 9.99 and under for impulse purchases, but that model doesn't make sense for other forms of writing.

xenophanes 16y ago
Oh I didn't know they halved your royalty above 10 bucks. You're completely right, that's really hostile to higher priced books.
- runevault 16y ago
  I'm beginning to wonder if it'd make sense to reset to 70% for say anything from 49.99 and up. Fiction books aren't likely to go after that price range, but educational/informative books can be reasonably priced there, working mostly like things do now while still letting amazon try to keep fiction priced at impulse purchase prices.
ssp 16y ago
It's potentially dangerous for Amazon to do this. They are essentially squeezing their suppliers in the same way Walmart does, which could potentially make room for a competitor to target the higher price-points. The more Amazon squeezes, the more high-quality authors such a competitor could get exclusive deals with. Once that happens, Amazon has lost something really important: the fact that you never have to go elsewhere.
- runevault 16y ago
  Potentially true but at least B&N has fallen in line with their PubIt! platform for indie authors on the Nook. Exact same pricing structure to revenue sharing %s. And last I knew B&N is the only thing even CLOSE to competition for the Kindle store right now, and even it is way behind.
  - xenophanes 16y ago
    What about iBooks?
    - runevault 16y ago
      iBooks isn't even a blip last I heard. After all you can just read kindle and nook books on your iPad. Selection is crap too so most people I've ever asked don't even look these days it seems like.

xenophanes 16y ago

Oh I didn't know they halved your royalty above 10 bucks. You're completely right, that's really hostile to higher priced books.

runevault 16y ago
I'm beginning to wonder if it'd make sense to reset to 70% for say anything from 49.99 and up. Fiction books aren't likely to go after that price range, but educational/informative books can be reasonably priced there, working mostly like things do now while still letting amazon try to keep fiction priced at impulse purchase prices.

ssp 16y ago

It's potentially dangerous for Amazon to do this. They are essentially squeezing their suppliers in the same way Walmart does, which could potentially make room for a competitor to target the higher price-points. The more Amazon squeezes, the more high-quality authors such a competitor could get exclusive deals with. Once that happens, Amazon has lost something really important: the fact that you never have to go elsewhere.

runevault 16y ago
Potentially true but at least B&N has fallen in line with their PubIt! platform for indie authors on the Nook. Exact same pricing structure to revenue sharing %s. And last I knew B&N is the only thing even CLOSE to competition for the Kindle store right now, and even it is way behind.
- xenophanes 16y ago
  What about iBooks?
  - runevault 16y ago
    iBooks isn't even a blip last I heard. After all you can just read kindle and nook books on your iPad. Selection is crap too so most people I've ever asked don't even look these days it seems like.