I didn’t think this, but fair enough! I’m impressed.
I know what you’re thinking. No, I really do. I can practically hear it through the screen. You’re thinking, 531 copies? Well that’s all well and good, but 348 of them were e-books, so she can’t say she really sold 531 books.
via The Big Reveal Part II: How Many Copies of MOUSETRAPPED Have I Sold? « Catherine, Caffeinated.
Great post by Kassia. She’s always on the money!
What is a book worth? Well, there’s list price created by the publisher. That seems to be the value referenced by publishers. Then there’s the price consumers actually pay. That gets more complicated, of course. You have to break it down to various levels including the price for the first sale and the price for the second sale. Library patrons pay a different price; we call that “property tax”.
Oh, and then there are the books acquired for free.
This is what I think about when I hear publishers talking about this, that, or the other devaluing the price of content. And by devaluing content, they really mean consumers paying far less than publishers would like. This is absolutely a valid concern.
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