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    The ebook price poll results.

    It's been a week since I posted this poll to try to get an idea what people feel is a fair price for digitally downloaded books. I'll be keeping the poll open, but the results have definitely shown a pattern. Even though the poll was deliberately bottom-weighted for price, that range seems to have been about right for most people. More options over the 4.99 range might have been interesting for established authors, as people are understandably more open to paying more for those books, but there's a definite fall-off above the $/£10 mark.

    There are typical mental price barriers showing around the 0.99 mark, the 1.99 mark, 2.99 and the 4.99 mark , but most people seem fairly generous, and it seems if people have decided they want the book, then 4.99 is not considered too high a price to pay (by far the most popular price in the combined results). That said, for a new author there's definitely a lot to be said for going cheap to get as many eyes-on-words as possible. Being read is always the first, best step in establishing your name as a writer.

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    • 6 June 2010
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    almost 2 years ago Victor Finch responded:
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    In case you're wondering why no-one seemed to want to pay 3.99 for an ebook by an established author, it's because Hughes. forgot to put that choice in the poll. Mystery solved!
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