I uploaded the Elijah book this morning, and when I went to check on it at Barnes & Noble online (it should take 24 hours, but I was in a hurry), I discovered that Barnes & Noble is now carrying both the Nook versions and the paperback book version of my books. Again I am not expecting any sudden surge in purchases because of this, but it does mean that the books are now available on the two main online book services.
Pretty cool, IMHO.
3 comments:
Awesome!!! I still dont understand why NOOK downloads cost as much as or, in some cases, MORE than the actual published books does. It's a much easier process to do the Nook download...no handling, or shipping costs....so why?
I'm always at odds about which to buy when I purchase a book. I KNOW the Nook is a nifty space-saving device and I'm happy I will never have to leave my books behind as long as I have it....but reading it just isnt the same.
There's just something so relaxing and healing and calming about holding an actual book and turning the pages. And i LOVE the actual SMELL of the ink and leather and paper combined.
If I had my druthers, I'd buy and live in an old library!!!
:-D
I don't know the answer, Sunny. As I say, my Nook versions cost several dollars less than the book version and yet I make practically the same royalty. Since most books today are submitted in electronic form anyway, there should be no significant production cost to make a regular book an electronic book. Plus, in order to read an electronic book, you have to own a Nook/Kindle/other reading device. (You can download an app to your computer for free, I think, for both Nook and Kindle.) It is a mystery to me. I suspect the answer is that the sellers will take as much as the market will bear. So if people are willing to pay ten dollars, they will charge ten dollars, even though they could make a handy profit at eight.
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