tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38443093.post2994310953680743645..comments2023-10-29T05:28:44.125-05:00Comments on Heather Hummel Gallagher's Blog: Oz has Spoken! And "Oz" is the Reader! The New Trend in Kindle TagsBlackLabRVAdventureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03517370503035352374noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38443093.post-39832291037390517812011-08-22T18:06:04.251-05:002011-08-22T18:06:04.251-05:00The publisher sets the price, sometimes this is th...The publisher sets the price, sometimes this is the Indie author. <br /><br />As we've just seen in the John Locke contract with Simon & Schuster, authors have a choice - accept the miserable contract just "to be published" or negotiate everything to Nth degree. <br /><br />John kept his eBook rights, unheard of until a million seller came along - and he is NOT about to give up on his $0.99 price that brought him to the dance. S&S would never give up their right to setting a HIGH price. Boycotts can work, but authors need to set the tone in negotiating *everything*, including getting the prices in writing.SL Clarkhttp://heartpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38443093.post-10679641664835906632011-08-22T03:19:33.938-05:002011-08-22T03:19:33.938-05:00I suppose using a tag to voice your pricing disple...I suppose using a tag to voice your pricing displeasure is preferable to giving the book a 1 star review (which is the other thing I see a lot).<br /><br />I feel bad for authors whose publishers price their books too high. In many cases the readers take it out on the author and cry "author greed" when authors almost always have zero say over the pricing of their books.<br /><br />Robin Sullivan | <a href="http://bit.ly/ivMp8P" rel="nofollow">Write2Publish</a> | <a href="http://bit.ly/kgyKuE" rel="nofollow">Ridan Publishing</a>Robin Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00613910688999698522noreply@blogger.com