Comments on: eBook Pricing Strategies to Sell More Books and Maximize Author Earnings

By: Steve Waddell

Steve Waddell — Sat, 13 Apr 2024 00:46:49 +0000

Some books, such as mine, can’t be priced at .99 cents. Why? Because it’s over 3mb, and Amazon won’t allow it.

I paid almost $400 after being selected for a BookBub Featured Deal, and when I went to change my price for the deal, I found out. I contacted BookBub a couple of days before the deal was to run (because that’s when I was changing the price and learned of the issue), and a lady named Danielle said she understood the issue was out of my control and would check with the editors and get back to me. However, she never did, and never responded to any further emails. I reached out again to her via LinkedIn, and no response. I then reached out to a manager at BookBub I found on LinkedIn and again no response. Lastly, I tried one of the founders of BookBub on LinkedIn and again no response.

I’m extremely disappointed I spent almost $400 with BookBub only to get taken. What a dishonest way to support Indie authors.

By: Valerie

Valerie — Sun, 03 Oct 2021 14:20:28 +0000

This was a great article. It was clear and informative. I am about to launch my first book and I feel I am armed with helpful and relevant information. The links to support the content was also very helpful.

By: Clayton Noblit

Clayton Noblit — Wed, 23 Oct 2019 19:27:44 +0000

In reply to Monica Pierce. Hey Monica! Thanks for asking! Pricing strategies are different for audiobooks, and one big difference is you cannot control your prices on Audible, the largest audio retailer. Check out our post on audiobooks for more information. Running sales is a great strategy and often will result in more downloads if readers see that it's a deal. However, since a book cannot always be "on sale" this post refers to what the standard price of the book is, not the "sale price".

By: Monica Pierce

Monica Pierce — Fri, 18 Oct 2019 15:22:24 +0000

Is this all in reference to ebooks only? What about print copies and audio books? Is the strategy the same just different set of numbers? And is it important to “list” the book as one price and show it “on sale” (like you always see on Amazon), or just straight up list the price as-is and change it on the back end? Sorry – newbie with a lot of questions 🙂

By: Jim Rossi

Jim Rossi — Sun, 01 Sep 2019 23:31:30 +0000

Helpful article, although I wish serious/narrative nonfiction were taken into account more because that is what I write.

By: Pete Klismet

Pete Klismet — Sat, 03 Aug 2019 13:27:23 +0000

Very helpful information Chloe! Thank you for all the research and effort you put into helping authors.

Pete Klismet, FBI (Retired)
Award-winning author of :
FBI Diary: Profiles of Evil
FBI Diary: Home Grown Terror
Profiling Violent Crime (Dec. 2019)

By: Lynn Yost

Lynn Yost — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 22:09:56 +0000

Great stuff! I’m subscribing!

By: Bill Yarberry

Bill Yarberry — Sun, 13 Jan 2019 23:36:18 +0000

Your article is objective , practical, and actionable. Most useful. I’m changing the cover on some of my books and working on several of the items you mentioned. Thank you.

By: N. Lang

N. Lang — Sun, 16 Sep 2018 17:00:13 +0000

very insightful article. I book marked it so I can refer to it again later.

By: Gregory Phipps

Gregory Phipps — Fri, 14 Sep 2018 19:28:09 +0000

Well written, insightful and concise. You provided some clarity around what I suspect many authors consider a confusing and murky subject.