My Stand Against the Underpricing of eBooks

Authors, do you see yourselves making a living from writing? Of course you do, it's what ninety nine per cent of authors dream about. Sadly, only a tiny proportion of us are going to achieve it

Unfortunately, in our honest attempts to realise our dreams, we are dramatically lowering the numbers of people who will be able to make a living from writing.

By the end of the year, readers will have downloaded a quarter of a million Rosen Trevithick eBooks. I've topped two Amazon charts, I've been fe...

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Published on September 09, 2013 12:11
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message 1: by Joshua (new)

Joshua Vine Fantastic post Rosen. I could not agree more. I'm also an author who has to price my books at $0.99. I cannot make a living on it now, but I feel it's the only way I can get noticed.


message 2: by Rosen (new)

Rosen Trevithick Thanks for the comment.

Have you tried raising the price as an experiment?


message 3: by Joshua (new)

Joshua Vine Not yet, but I think I'll give it a shot soon.


message 4: by Rosen (new)

Rosen Trevithick Might be worth it. We need to keep our prices low but I'm not sure that it's quite that low, at least not unless on promotion.


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