State of the Sooky
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valarltdWork: sleeted on me today. Blech
WW: Good scale day. Am holding at my lowest weight, 261
FLY: Sink, swish and swipe, made bed, moved, drank water, Anti-procrastinated on emptying and defrosting freezer. Lost about 7 Lb of frozen veggies.
Dinner with Mudd.
Writing:
Queer zombie piece 1224/3000
Outlined Fruits of Thine, added 55 words
279 words on The Algol Disaster
Mail: got copies of Alive on the Inside in the mail. Got a royalty check from Amber Quill.
Scent of the day: Al-Shairan clove, peach and orange with cinnamon, patchouli and dark incense notes.
Tarot Meditation of the Day: Six of pentacles.
Success through physical attainment and accomplishment. Good things are beginning to happen - you are about to enjoy the fruits of your labor. (hey, royalty check today. See why I use the Robin Wood deck?)
WW: Good scale day. Am holding at my lowest weight, 261
FLY: Sink, swish and swipe, made bed, moved, drank water, Anti-procrastinated on emptying and defrosting freezer. Lost about 7 Lb of frozen veggies.
Dinner with Mudd.
Writing:
Queer zombie piece 1224/3000
Outlined Fruits of Thine, added 55 words
279 words on The Algol Disaster
Mail: got copies of Alive on the Inside in the mail. Got a royalty check from Amber Quill.
Scent of the day: Al-Shairan clove, peach and orange with cinnamon, patchouli and dark incense notes.
Tarot Meditation of the Day: Six of pentacles.
Success through physical attainment and accomplishment. Good things are beginning to happen - you are about to enjoy the fruits of your labor. (hey, royalty check today. See why I use the Robin Wood deck?)
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Date: 2010-02-05 06:31 pm (UTC)I heard something you might be interested in and I want your opinion on. The business with Amazon's Kindle has up to now not charged more than 9.99 for any ebook, thus making it a little cheaper to buy an ebook in the newly published market than the hardback they tend to print first in. We all celebrate, for the books are easy to get our hands on. Yay!
However, I got a rumor that some of the publishers have begun demanding more money, upping the ebook price to the same price of the printed hardback, coming in at close to 20 dollars for an adobe file. Because...well...they want more money.
I'm disgusted, personally. 10 dollars for a file that's a pure profit [it costs nothing to copy a file. Past the original scan and publish costs, the 10 dollars becomes pure profit] is quite enough, especially for some books that will be purchased thousands and thousands of times. But if ebooks are harming the print trade, are they doing this to cut even? Are ebooks hurting the common author and their ability to get published and make a living? Or are they really just that flipping greedy?
Love your opinion.
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Date: 2010-02-05 06:51 pm (UTC)Me, I'm waiting until the whole Kindle fad passes.
Frankly, I think $10 for an ebook is highway robbery. I was horrified when I saw one of mine priced at $8. I honestly think $5-6 is reasonable for a full length e-book novel. And down to $1 for short stories. (But this is me, who thinks bread should still be 24c/loaf and hamburger 79c/lb.)
But yes, you have to factor in the editing and production. Formatting an ebook is different than formatting a print book.
E-books are NOT hurting the average author. In fact, they are giving smaller houses the ability to take chances on new and riskier authors, because they are out no money up-front.
Those who buy paper books will still buy paper books. I like my e-books, but I still buy paper.