Should ebooks be free or at least much cheaper?
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Re: Should ebooks be free or at least much cheaper?
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I completely agree with this answer. Of course I love free books, but I feel like society is in a really strange place where we have gone from art being a luxury to art (and writing) being an expectation. The problem isn't that everyone shouldn't have access to art, it's that the creators worked hard to provide it and deserve compensation. They put in time, skill, training, resources, and care to create their product for us. We should celebrate when free art and literature are available to us, but fairly compensate authors and artists who ask.Katy Isodo wrote: ↑26 Feb 2017, 12:14 I can agree with cheaper than a paperback because the overall cost of production is cheaper and that savings should get forwarded on to the consumer. That said, I completely disagree with them being free unless it's a sale or promotion as so often happens on Amazon. The reason being is that writing books is an author's job - the way they pay the bills and support their families. Ebooks don't take any less time to write than a physical book and authors should be compensated for their work accordingly. I think it's easy to get into this frame of mind where we want ebooks either super cheap or free because they aren't tangible products we hold in our hands the way a physical book is so somehow they seem less valuable. I find myself much more willing to buy regular books full priced and usually only get ebooks on sale or borrow them from my library.
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I certainly agree and think you on to something here! But, then again, what about the authors? How would they financially gain if books were sold at equal value or for free? Hmm...
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Free is great for promotions, increasing readership, and for providing new authors with a way to reach an audience. If the writing is good an author will be able to charge more as their career advances.
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