Who benefits from free eBooks?
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Re: Who benefits from free eBooks?
- 0ecpasar
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Ebooks convenient reading
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I love it because if you are patient you can find some real gems. Of course you do have to wade thru a bunch of crap to find the good ones.
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I so agree with this and other posts along the same lines. I've gone on to pay for many books from the same writer after reading a free edition. This is particularly true for scifi, which I love - but this genre (particularly on Amazon Kindle Books) seems to have a very high instance of "serial" books, and offering the first book in a series free often generates more sales for the second, third etc book in the series. I also like Amazon's "try a sample" system, although I've found that sometimes a complete book doesn't live up to the promise contained in the sample. So, all in all, I am a fan of the "free" book system.DanaB wrote:I am chiming in to add my agreement with what several posters have said ^^^^ about how reading free e-books often sends me in search of more of a particular author's work. I have been joyfully introduced to many, many good authors and great reads this way.
Granted, there are some wicked bad free e-books out there--however, there are plenty of wicked bad not free books out there, as well!
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P.S. I'm also a bit of a sceptic when it comes to freebies - I don't believe anything is really free, and somehow, somewhere, we are paying, however subtley, for these so-called "free" books!!
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bcling wrote:As an avid reader of free e-books, I can definitely say I benefit from free e-books! But I'd also like to add that some authors do also benefit. When I read a free book that I really enjoy, I often will go to Amazon and find more by the same author and purchase, sometime multiple books at a time. I see the free books as a chance to sample what the author is like. Of course there are times when I didn't enjoy a book and I know that I will probably bypass others by that author.
I agree with you I am the same on Amazon I see the free books as looking at authors I have not looked at before and if I happen to like the book I am reading I more than likely will purchase one of their other reads. Some of the books are 1st in a series and you want to keep reading the series and will purchase the remaining. It's actually a good ploy for the author or Amazon to see the series as long as the 1st one is good.
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Also, since I earn enough to feed a hamster for a week I can read a lot of books without having to pay for them.
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Maybe the only way to fight back is to read free ebooks.psychoken wrote:Everyone!! From the author to publisher to distributor to the readers. If not the chain will stop.
This feature may be of interest--
Heading "Judge says Apple conspired with publishers to raise prices on ebooks in violation of antitrust law".
"A US judge has ruled that Apple conspired to raise the retail prices of ebooks in violation of antitrust law, and called for a trial on damages, in a decision that could reshape how books are sold online. The decision by US District Judge Denise Cote in Manhattan is a victory for the US government and various states, which the judge said are entitled to injunctive relief. Apple had been accused of colluding with five publishers to boost ebook prices beginning in late 2009, as the Silicon Valley giant was preparing to launch its popular iPad tablet.
Apple had been accused of colluding with five publishers to boost ebook prices beginning in late 2009, as the Silicon Valley giant was preparing to launch its popular iPad tablet. The US Department of Justice said this conspiracy was designed to undercut online retailer Amazon's dominance of the fast-growing e-books market. Each of the five publishers originally named in the US government's civil lawsuit settled the case, leaving Apple to stand trial alone."
Read more online EBook Conspiracy Analysis by Jake Sturmer, ABC Science and Technology Reporter.
Reuters Robert Galbraith; posted AEST Thu Jul 11, 2013 12:16am.
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