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Follow up to the "Pay What You Want" experiment.
In my last blog entry I wrote about allowing the reader to decide to pay whatever they wished for my book, Hobson's ChoiceHOBSON'S CHOICE.
It's been a couple of weeks since commencing that experiment and, although that is probably not enough time to draw any definitive conclusions, I've decided to end the programme and label it "unsuccessful."
Sales tapered off dramatically and the limited feedback I received, indicates customers were uncomfortable, as they either did not want to risk spending too much or alternatively paying too little. It introduced an element of uncertainty they did not like.
With a set price they could immediately, and without stress, decide whether or not to go ahead with the transaction.
So, Hobson's ChoiceHOBSON'S CHOICE now reverts to a fixed price of $2.99.
I also wrote of my efforts to sell to readers, directly from my website, using the 100% secure Gumroad (http://gumroad.com) payments gateway. How has that gone? In all honesty, slowly! This is most probably because the system is new and relatively unknown. But I still believe, Gumroad offers enormous possibilities and will indeed become a viable Paypal challenger and make life easier for writers outside of the US and UK.
In the meantime I will use it as an addition to Smashwords, Barnes and Noble, Kobo, etc.
Earlier this month, on Smashwords, I published an anthology of 10 true, funny and poignant stories, accrued while working as a journalist. I know they will delight readers and some of the tales will have you laughing out loud.
The ebook is called Notes from the Heartland"Notes from the Heartland."
You can read a sample at https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...
Let me know what you think.
It's been a couple of weeks since commencing that experiment and, although that is probably not enough time to draw any definitive conclusions, I've decided to end the programme and label it "unsuccessful."
Sales tapered off dramatically and the limited feedback I received, indicates customers were uncomfortable, as they either did not want to risk spending too much or alternatively paying too little. It introduced an element of uncertainty they did not like.
With a set price they could immediately, and without stress, decide whether or not to go ahead with the transaction.
So, Hobson's ChoiceHOBSON'S CHOICE now reverts to a fixed price of $2.99.
I also wrote of my efforts to sell to readers, directly from my website, using the 100% secure Gumroad (http://gumroad.com) payments gateway. How has that gone? In all honesty, slowly! This is most probably because the system is new and relatively unknown. But I still believe, Gumroad offers enormous possibilities and will indeed become a viable Paypal challenger and make life easier for writers outside of the US and UK.
In the meantime I will use it as an addition to Smashwords, Barnes and Noble, Kobo, etc.
Earlier this month, on Smashwords, I published an anthology of 10 true, funny and poignant stories, accrued while working as a journalist. I know they will delight readers and some of the tales will have you laughing out loud.
The ebook is called Notes from the Heartland"Notes from the Heartland."
You can read a sample at https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...
Let me know what you think.
