Archive for 'Book Pricing'



DVD Sales Feel the Pinch of Consumer Disinterest

The book world had been bemoaning the poor sales of books so let’s give Mr. DVD a hand as he joins the community of declining entertainment sales. Apparently, DVDs that once sold 20 million copies barely scratch the 10 million number AND poor Mr. DVD unit price has dropped 15% during the first nine months of the year.

Sadly the book industry doesn’t work that way. Mr. Book sees a decline in sales and ups the prices of books, further driving readers away. The Gizmodo writer suggests that DVD sales have dropped, in part, because the value of the entertainment. I voted that movies have sucked and that is why we haven’t bought any DVDs (other than children’s movies) in the last few years.

Via Content Agenda by way of Gizmodo.

Kindle Pricing So Low that Amazon Is No Longer Discounting Paperbacks?

Amazon’s pricing for mass market books has suddenly gone full retail, no discount since the release of the Kindle. When questioned in Newsweek about the low pricing, Bezos saidlow-margin and high-volume sale—you just have to make sure the mix [between discounted and higher-priced items] works." It looks like Bezos is hoping to make more money off the high volume of sales from those mass market purchasers. Like romance readers who account for 21% of the retail book industry.

A sharp eyed reader emailed me the blog post of author Natalie Damschroder.

You know how I said, below, that my book Brianna’s Navy SEAL is selling at Amazon for $15.00 in trade paperback? Last month I paid $10.20.

Doing a random selection of mass markets to be released on Tuesday, it shows that the discount for paperbacks has disappeared.

Blood Brothers (Sign of Seven Trilogy, Book 1) by Nora Roberts: $7.99
The Down Home Zombie Blues by Linnea Sinclair: $6.99
Midnight Awakening (The Midnight Breed, Book 3)