I agree with you. Not all writers have a contract with a publishing house, not all books of a publishing house agree to be published, but at the same time, books can be really interesting and worthy of attention.Black Jewel wrote: ↑10 Jul 2021, 14:22 I do not agree that ebooks should be free. There are many authors out there who make their living solely by writing and selling ebooks. Making ebooks free takes away their livelihood.
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 you. They are relatively cheaper than the hard copy books anyway.
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I agree, e-books do not carry a much larger file size too
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I grew up with physical books and the feeling is different that you can connect with the book and the story, while an ebook should be very attractive to attract the reader and of course to have a subject which can impact the reader in a way or another. I don't think an ebook should be free, but it depends of the subject approached in the ebook and how many pages it has also if the reader can feel some connection with the story. For example if an author wrote a story and took him/her one year or more to finish the story and it's very complex I think it should be higher price, if the story is easy to read and it took two weeks or one month it should be cheaper. So it depends on how readers can be objective.
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I totally agree ebooks should sale cheaper than paperback but not free no one works for freeKaty 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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