I continue to learn so much about marketing my novels. One important aspect of selling books is their PRICE.
How do you feel about the price your publisher sets for your novels?
Or, if you're self-published, how do you go about pricing your novels?
Recently I bought an ebook recommended by a Goodreads friend. The author wasn't known to me, but because her book was only $2.99, I eagerly purchased it. That got me thinking of my own novels.
My publisher has set the price of my ebooks at $6.99. How willing is a reader to shell out this amount on an unknown author? Since I'm not a famous bestselling author, many readers will feel like they're taking a chance on me, and that's an expensive chance.
All the more reason I was ecstatic when Omnific Publishing put my novel With Good Behavior on sale for $2.99 this month for the Freedom Sale.
Check here to find some great Omnific titles on sale, like Three Daves by fellow IWSG author Nicki Elson, Seers of Light by Jen DeLucy, Pieces of Us by Hannah Downing, Eve of Samhain by Lisa Sanchez, The Guardian's Wildchild by Feather Stone, Indivisible by Jessica McQuinn, and more.
I'm also stoked my YA novel Streamline will go on sale in August.
Now I need to get the word out about the sale for With Good Behavior. I've been tweeting and posting on Facebook. Any other suggestions you can offer?
Upward and onward, insecure writers!
How do you feel about the price your publisher sets for your novels?
Or, if you're self-published, how do you go about pricing your novels?
Recently I bought an ebook recommended by a Goodreads friend. The author wasn't known to me, but because her book was only $2.99, I eagerly purchased it. That got me thinking of my own novels.
My publisher has set the price of my ebooks at $6.99. How willing is a reader to shell out this amount on an unknown author? Since I'm not a famous bestselling author, many readers will feel like they're taking a chance on me, and that's an expensive chance.
All the more reason I was ecstatic when Omnific Publishing put my novel With Good Behavior on sale for $2.99 this month for the Freedom Sale.
Check here to find some great Omnific titles on sale, like Three Daves by fellow IWSG author Nicki Elson, Seers of Light by Jen DeLucy, Pieces of Us by Hannah Downing, Eve of Samhain by Lisa Sanchez, The Guardian's Wildchild by Feather Stone, Indivisible by Jessica McQuinn, and more.
I'm also stoked my YA novel Streamline will go on sale in August.
Now I need to get the word out about the sale for With Good Behavior. I've been tweeting and posting on Facebook. Any other suggestions you can offer?
Upward and onward, insecure writers!
Comments
A free novella is a good way. But people are funny: if you are giving something away, often people will feel it has to be inferior in some fashion.
John Locke sold a million eBooks by pricing his at 99 cents. If your cover is eye-catching and your logline intriguing, many will chance a dollar to see if you are any good.
Have a happy 5th! Roland
My publisher sets the prices for my books, Right now the first one is 2.99 and my recent release is 4.99. Which seems fair to me.
Ten dollars is my cutoff point. I won't pay more than that for an eBook. (And I've only made one exception - Jennifer Hillier's Creep.)
I'm very excited about the Freedom sale, and I'm looking forward to next month's sale!!
Best!
As far as getting the word out, I'm going to take a look at that e-mail Enn sent a while ago with the links geared toward lower priced books - if I find any that look useful, I'll share on our author thread. ;)
I'm currently nearing the end of another novella (albeit a long-ish novella) and I will probably price it at $1.99.
Readers who commented on my pricing post all shared their enthusiasm for the books priced up to $4.99. They felt these were fair prices - and commented that they didn't mind trying new authors in this range.
Hope it helps as you seek your pricing-sweet-spot! Thanks for stopping by - It's great to meet you through IWSG.
I get that point about how much damn work it takes to write a novel then to sell if for so little? But more sales are better than stagnant sales to me.
Heather
Heather, thanks for stopping by.