The Solution to Author Royalty/Publishers/E-books vs Print (by Susan James)

The Solution to Author Royalty/Publishers/E-books vs
Print (by Susan James)

Several recent articles on Teleread.org point to various
publishers, who are playing with print books and e-books
carrying the same retail price. (Two Specific Articles:
“German Publisher Experiments With Ebook As
Promotion”/Jan 13, 2010 by Paul Biba and “Lower
Ebooks Royalties Are Not Necessarily Right For Indie
Publishers, says Two Ravens Press”/ Jan 14, by Paul
Biba)

I was led to those articles after I had decided what the
solution would be to the current debate involving the
future of the print book, electronic/digital readers, and
authors royalty/advance.

The moment mainstream publishers see the virtue in
expanding their business model, instead of stifling it, they
will be uniform in charging the same retail price for print
books, as they do for the electronic versions.

As Cyberspace is unlimited and un-restricted, except in
China for the moment, publishers need to be inclusive in
their choices and not exclusive.

There is absolutely no reason, business or otherwise, why
the same price can not be charged to the consumer for
both print and e-book versions.

The cost of business is not less simply because an ebook
version is offered, as one of the Teleread.org articles
points out.

In this world of vastness, we are honored to have more
choices, not less, and not restrictive.

As both a writer and publisher making choices about my
next book, my choice is made. The Print Version and the
E-book version will carry the same retail price.
This brings back in line, authors expectancy to being paid
their worth, not less than. This is win-win for everyone
involved; Publisher/Authors/Agents/Online Retailers/
Brick And Mortar Retailers and The Reader in All of Us.

Susan James, Author/Publisher

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