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You know what I'm to strongly considering--that the more you sell your e-book for, the better chance you have of it getting reviewed. It doesn't seem to make sense...at first. But then I keep thinking of something a friend in a band said that I find kind of true (more) 1/7
He said if you give away your stickers, people will put them anywhere. But if you charge, even a nickel, for the sticker, they'll think about where they put it. So, I'm applying something like that to e-books. A free book, who knows what they'll do (more) 2/7
Charge .99 cents and they have to consider reading it; they spent money. Now, here's what I'm considering. E-book for no less than $5.99, because at that price the reader probably felt strongly about reading it, and for better or worse is more likely to review it (more) 3/7
Moneywise, the logic is it takes half as many sales to make the same amount of $$$ and you'll probably have more reviews, which in theory, leads to more sales, and at a higher price point. Now, the question isn't how to generate the curiosity but how to create fandom (more) 4/7
Because that's who buys $5.99 ebooks. Fans. Not saying it's easy. Right now, in 2021, I can guarantee about 10 sales at $5.99, but that's for upper tier content. Lower tier content, sure, .99 cents, $2.99, but those are short stories and add-ons etc etc (more) 5/7
Maybe they're older titles. I used to think that people won't buy my stuff at a higher price point because they hadn't heard of me. But now I'm all in on thinking that they're renting me as well as the content, so it's going to be more $$$. Period. More on that angle later 6/7
Lastly, this is about selling e-books, not reading them from a subscription service. That's an entirely different thing, in my thought. But tell me what you think. I don't actually know these things, just thinking aloud 7/7
