Comments on: REVIEW: Ebookstore Review: All Romance Ebooks

By: Wayne Coribo

Wayne Coribo — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:59:00 +0000

Absolutely, if it works for you, go for it. We’re lucky to have the choice to shop online in the way that suits us best. I have been known to shop at Fictionwise for the very reasons you put forward. I like that Fictiowise is independently owned rather than affiliated to a publisher. At least I think it is.

By: Shiloh Walker

Shiloh Walker — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:02:34 +0000

Convenience = good, yes I take your point Shiloh. Although on the internet, stores are only a click away from each other. And the percentage earned does drop dramatically for the author on distribution sites.

True enough. However, if I have to buy ten things and I can find a site where I can buy ALL ten things at once or visit ten different sites? I’m buying from the site where I can get them all at once. Time is a precious a commodity as money and even buying on the internet does take time.

By: Wayne Coribo

Wayne Coribo — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:49:47 +0000

Convenience = good, yes I take your point Shiloh. Although on the internet, stores are only a click away from each other. And the percentage earned does drop dramatically for the author on distribution sites. I like the idea of a loyalty scheme, but in retailing in general it’s not the retailer who pays for the buy one/ten get one free, it’s the supplier. If you have a physical copy of a book then someone has to pay for that copy to be printed and bear the brunt of giving it away free. With e books, you can generate as many copies as you want with the click of a key, but they should still retain the value of a physical book or they have no value at all. I’ve often wondered how the loyalty scheme works. If someone buys ten books, do they get to pick any book on the site for their free one? And if it’s one of yours, do you provide that copy, does the publisher, or do ARe buy one from your publisher to give away? Every published book generated in electronic form would need to be accounted for. I’m not implying that isn’t happening, just curious as to how it works and who in the chain is actually bearing the cost of the free book. Same with the fifty copies given away free to the book club. I believe it’s important that we protect the value of e books and make sure each copy is treated as a book to the value of its cover price rather than a file you get at the click of a mouse.

By: Shiloh Walker

Shiloh Walker — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:02:12 +0000

I like the layout of ARe but I do wish they’d take paypal. Sorry, but I’m more comfortable with paypal regarding security than just entering my information at random wherever.

In regards to this…

More convenient for the consumer, I agree, but not as lucrative for the author. Authors get more royalty from purchases on the publisher website. It’s worth that extra bit of effort to buy where the author makes more money, I think. All Romance E books is owned by the ladies who own Linden Bay Romance.

I’d think the convenience to the customer should weigh in a little more here, Wayne. While I love to think people want to make sure I get every last little penny I can, frankly, money is tight and if people want to use a site like ARe where they can save some money with the loyalty program, I’m all for it.

ARe has a decent idea going with the points thing and saving money is something that’s going to appeal. But I hope they look into paypal. I’ve put off buying from them because of it.

By: Wayne Coribo

Wayne Coribo — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 23:23:52 +0000

More convenient for the consumer, I agree, but not as lucrative for the author. Authors get more royalty from purchases on the publisher website. It’s worth that extra bit of effort to buy where the author makes more money, I think. All Romance E books is owned by the ladies who own Linden Bay Romance.

By: TeddyPig

TeddyPig — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 13:30:50 +0000

“EC just needs to fix their interface.”

If you notice EC’s PayPal problem occurs on the payment confirmation cycle.

When you have completed paying for the item and are being sent back to the site for download.

This is a failure on EC’s part to pick-up on the confirmation.

By: TeddyPig

TeddyPig — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 03:06:22 +0000

You know, I just read what Amber Quill and Loose-Id have stated about Paypal.

I don’t know if I would put that on my site in all honesty without some type of statement directly from Paypal. But… that’s just me.

By: Teddy Pig

Teddy Pig — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 16:14:59 +0000

Emily,

Ebookad might not be the best example they seem to have had some legal problems.

I think the point is that a hand full of companies had issues when they first started cracking down and yes I have read those anti-PayPal Rumor Mongering sites also.

But… Seems to me there are a lot of valid eBook websites using Paypal successfully. Soooo.

By: Teddy Pig

Teddy Pig — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 15:43:39 +0000

Why are my comments getting dropped?

By: Teddy Pig

Teddy Pig — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 15:42:22 +0000

Samhain seems to have no problem with Paypal working for their site.

EC just needs to fix their interface.