…I have been noticing a couple of things happening with ebooks. The first is the word ‘fuck’ is appearing in the titles of many stories. I find this interesting as it seems to have overtaken ‘wolf’ in the title. I also wonder why the word ‘fuck’ in a title is more acceptable than showing nipples on a cover. Both indicate sex yet only one seems to upset the ebook police. Why is that? Is it because ‘fuck’ is part of our common vernacular but for god sake keep your nipples to yourself?
The other thing that interests me is ebook pricing. $2.99 for a 3500 word story – and call it what you want in your own mind but under 20,000 words is a story. I find the prices authors/publishers are applying to their stories are ridiculous. Yes, yes, I realize you had to get someone to do a cover and edit and the author spent probably half a day writing the 3500 – 5000 word epic that was supposedly torn from their angst ridden soul but that’s your problem. Why does a reader have to pay $2.99 for what should be a 0.99 cent book and nine times out of ten they’re not even going to see the cover on their ebook reader? Hmmm?
Sunday, 5 February 2012
Of late...
Posted by Unknown at 6:00 pm
Labels: Amarinda Jones, Anny Cook, authors, Berengaria Brown, ebooks, publishing, Sandra Cox, scarlet harlot publishing
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I'm with you. It isn't a book. Of course, I'm not sure anyone has an attention span long enough to read a book anymore...
Pricing is really becoming a hot topic. Its all over the boards. And you're right, 2.99 for 3500 words seems a tad bit steep.
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