A Quick Look at Indie Authors currently in the Kindle Store Top 100

This is a list of authors who have self-published their books and made it to the Top 100. Unless otherwise specified the books are rated 4 stars or 4.5 stars. Simon Wood – Accidents Waiting to Happen is $1 and at #3, The Fall Guy is $1 and at #52.  Pat Gragg – The Rose Killer is [...]

Difference between a $1 book and a $15 book

Here are some reasons why selling $15 books is better business – You can make a lot more money. You make readers feel its worth their time. If it’s $15, then it must be good and readers’ time is worth $X per hour anyways – might as well spend $15 on something that is ‘vetted’. You [...]

The most significant event that no one is talking about

The Book Settlement was rejected. The most controversial Book Settlement ever proposed was rejected. Judge Chin has made a marvellous decision and he’s a hero – if it’s not clear now, it will be clear to future generations. First, some documents and links – Judge Chin’s Statement (PDF).  Caroline McCarthy’s Article on Judge Chin rejecting [...]

Are we at the inflection point of maximum vulnerability for eBooks?

In some ways the current stretch seems like the exact opposite of end 2009. End 2009 – eReader sales were assumed to be less than a million, eBook availability was limited, eReader prices were pretty high (around $299), eBook market share was only around 3% to 4%. For all practical purposes, there was absolutely no [...]

Is there an ‘ideal’ price for books? Do boycotts work? Would group buying work?

With the Kindle and the Nook continuing to do well, and going well past the ’40,000 total eReaders sold’ prediction experts had made in 2007, we are running into a completely different issue. What price should books be? Is the Agency Model justified? Is it winning? There are so many differing opinions on this that it seems like a possibility sword [...]

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