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It’s the end of the book world as we know it
The Kindle, and its success, are just a small portion of the huge transformation that’s going on in Books and Publishing. What Kindle is doing is shiny and beautiful and admirable. Yet, the...
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The Race to Zero – $6.94 and £2.18 are the new $9.99
As we end 2010, a year that started with the Agency Model, it’s worth taking a quick look at what prices the bestsellers in the Kindle Store are at. The Agency Model was introduced because Publishers...
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7 Saturday afternoon deals for your Kindle
For your Kindle, 7 deals that underline the emergence of $1 as the scary new price point in ebooks - Her Secret Bodyguard by Misha Crews. Price: $1. Genre: Romantic Suspense, Thriller, Contemporary,...
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What happens if ebook prices drop to the $1 to $5 range?
It’s interesting to see how low-priced books are gradually taking over the Kindle Store. You can fill your Kindle for a lot less now than what it would have cost you a few years ago. The Race to $1/$5...
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Some books that are knocking on the door of the Top 100
This will definitely be the last post for a while on Kindle Store sales rankings and the rise of low-priced books – In case you’re getting tired. Yesterday, we looked at how 48% of books in the Kindle...
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The inevitable rise of $1 – 34% of Top 100 at $1
The Kindle might lead to a lot of things - $15 books selling very well is not going to be one of them. Here’s what the Kindle Store Top 10 looks like at the moment - Saving Rachel by John Locke at $1....
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Taking Another Look at The Race to Zero
It’s time to take another look at The Race to Zero and the possibility that ebooks end up at prices that are - Unsustainable for Publishers. Unsustainable for all authors outside the Top 1% of authors....
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10 Thoughts on Amazon’s handicapping of $1 Kindle Books
Update: Added some data points from 2011 to better explain why the disappearance of $1 Kindle books from the Bestsellers List is so strange. First, let’s look at how many $1 books there are in the...
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The Relentless Fall of eBook Prices – 55% of Top 100 below $5, 25% below $2
We are in the midst of a relentless fall in both the value perception of books and in the actual prices of books in the Top 100 Bestsellers List. It’s easy to get distracted by the Big 5 Publishers’...
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Why does Amazon want to hide figures on the growth of Free Kindle Books?
There’s one part of the ‘DoJ vs Apple & Publishers’ trial that is really interesting. Jeff Roberts at Paid Content points out that Amazon has requested the Judge to not reveal information on the...
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