Recent Kindle developments and news makes me wonder -
- Will the Kindle Germany void mean Vodafone’s Kindle DX sized eReader finds success? Courtesy Teleread.
- Why is this free book not advertised? No Little People by Francis A Schaeffer (a collection of sermons).
- Another offer – Buy Secret Speech by Tom Rob Smith and get a free download of Child 44 (another TRS book).
Some free book offers never seem to make it to the Kindle Deals Page.
Kindle Book Prices
- Does the large number of sub $9.99 books (mean the $7, $6 and $8 books) mean that we’ll see new price points emerging (in addition to ‘less than $1′ and $9.99)?
- Will Publishers in the future look back wistfully at days when $9.99 was considered a bargain?
- Will free books ever be put into their own list?
- Why is the 20% discount on lots of indie books being removed?
There’s a gradual shift towards publishers and authors lowering prices to get sales. It’s just starting off – However, it might not be long before one big publisher decides to put a ton of back-list books in the Kindle Store at $4-$5.
Kindle, Kindle DX and Kindle Book Sales
- Are Kindle Book Sales tanking? David Emberson in the Kindle Forums asks. The best answer was that the economy is obviously taking a hit and that the initial euphoria of new kindle 2 owners has passed.
- What about Kindle 2 and Kindle DX Sales - Why are there just 234 kindle dx reviews at Amazon after 3.5 weeks of it shipping?
- The Kindle 2 seems to have been much bigger of a success than Kindle 1. Will we see the same pattern with Kindle DX 2?
The Kindle 2 has 4,611 reviews. The Kindle has 7,708 reviews. Kindle DX has a measly 234. If 1 out of 100 owners adds a review, we get 461K Kindle 2s, 770K Kindle 1s and 23,400 Kindle DXes. A lot of things to try and figure out.
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“Does the large number of sub $9.99 books (mean the $7, $6 and $8 books) mean that we’ll see new price points emerging (in addition to ‘less than $1′ and $9.99)?”
the overwhelming majority of books in the kindle store have ALWAYS been less than $9.99, from day one. the $9.99 price point is merely the maximum one should expect to see, for books still in hardback. books currently in paperback selling for 6.99-8.99 retail are in every case ive seen priced between $1.20 and $4 less than the retail cover price… as well they should be.
good point on lower prices always being present. I should have been clearer – it’s the first time I’m seeing so many lower priced books among the top 100 bestsellers.
i think that is more a reflection of the economic climate of the moment. its hard to justify spending $10 on a new book when you can read two (or more) older books for the same price…
heck, ive got so many free/sub-$2 books on my list right now, it’ll be a long time before i work through them all and get around to buying any kind of book at any price point…