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Very few content-creators get a fair royalty. DRM is mostly about publisher wealth, not creator wealth. I think selling books for 25 cents etc. can result in m
by sn41 6y ago
Very few content-creators get a fair royalty. DRM is mostly about publisher wealth, not creator wealth.
I think selling books for 25 cents etc. can result in massive sales. There is a middle-ground between selling overpriced editions with small changes in between, and outright piracy. Digital formats allow large-scale distribution, so pricing copies for under a dollar makes piracy not that attractive, when following the law and your conscience comes so cheap.
But somehow publishers want it all - the large scale distribution possibility of the digital medium, and the margins of the print medium.
- Zenbit_UX 6y agoYou need to consider perceived value, most of the books I buy are $9.99-14.99 and if I saw a new book come out for $0.25 my first reaction would be Wtf, then probably: did a child write this?
- justaguyhere 6y agoMaybe a middle ground, like what Louis C.K did. He was selling his videos for $5 at one point, if I remember correctly - directly from his website, cutting out the middlemen. Yes, one can buy it and send it to all their friends, but the price is low enough that many people would just buy it..
- crtasm 6y agoThen you spot other books at a similar price and maybe something that directly interests you, and your assumptions change.