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Due to Other Discussions: Potentially Relevant info regarding E-books

Posted by Martin Murtonen on May 20, 2010 at 4:05pm in GENERALMISC
http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2010/01/31/why-my-books-are-no-longer-for-sale-via-amazon/


Read the whole thing. The author describes what it takes to make a book - or an eBook for that matter.

Additional relevant reading:

http://yuki-onna.livejournal.com/563086.html

http://blog.laptopmag.com/ebook-price-war


Of course go in with eyes wide open and a grain of salt and use your brains.

"But this all about eBooks" - well if you format a comic for the digital market it's still relevant.

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  • Martin Murtonen June 2, 2010 at 7:47am
    Hi Dan.

    Fantastic art! A little heavy handed - but I really like the interaction you built with The Red guy and Roman around pages 23- 33. Love the face masks. Some of the characters on some pages blend into the backgrounds - overall, very well done. (Do I detect a little influence from the Phantom Blot?)

    I think the way to operate this is the comic online is a loss leader - and then you provide a way for people to buy your book(s). You could also present this as the online adventure - but it points to his many adventures in a physical comic form - which would be different than the online ones. Just suggestions.

    Also, Rome wasn't built in a day - it will take some time for you build an audience and to get one to pay...hm. Maybe "Donations" isn't the right term?

    Visit PVP Online to see how Scott Kurtz has done it. Essentially the online comic is technically free - but he makes all his money off of monthly book sales, collected books and merchandising. He also of course does the odd commercial gig using his characters for various clients.

    Keep up the good work. (I pressed the Donate button, as I would love to see this continue as the characters/character designs are awesome - maybe a little less ham-handed on the dialogue - and get back to the car chases!)
  • Dan Lawlis June 2, 2010 at 7:10am
    Hi all,

    My approach was to put my comic book up for free and rely on the good nature of Christians to support it. I rather like the idea of someone reading my comic book and then deciding afterwards whether or not to pay for it. Although it hasn't been working out so well so far since I have had thousands of hits and only eleven donations.

    www.ORANGEPEEL3.com

    Dan Lawlis
  • Calvary Comics June 1, 2010 at 11:43am
    Personally, I believe it will be necessary for a restructuring of the internet as a whole if publishers/creators of art, music, literature, films, etc. are to be paid fairly. There's just too much to be had for free online, and it's too easy to locate downloadable stuff that is pirated rather than to pay for it (from the average, secular consumer's perspective). And if the global economy continues to ail, I won't be surprised if the UN, EU, or sort of G-number summit decides it's a great way to gain tax revenue: a literal pay-per-view, pay-as-you-go, from site to site. Don't be surprised to hear of some such announcement in the not-distant future. But this is mere speculation.
  • Martin Murtonen June 1, 2010 at 11:16am
    Very cool. I'm in!
  • Martin Murtonen May 31, 2010 at 4:01pm
    Ah. That would make the most sense. But then how does the fee get distributed to the content creator(s)? Do they get a royalty check from some sort of umbrella organization?

    Interesting dilemma.
  • Martin Murtonen May 31, 2010 at 2:06pm
    Hm. The notion of the Micropayment arises again. Scott McCloud posited that theorem at one point, but I'm not sure if he abandoned it or not. I do know that it started with fan-fare and kind of disappeared.

    Now your suggestion is interesting on tracking use...but what if the user doesn't ever pay? Or how do they get billed for said use? Credit card? Direct Payment from their bank account? Hm.

    The issue I always see with the micropayments is it always costs more to do the transaction than the transaction is worth...unless you pay a batch of micropayments all at once - and then you may as well just pay the full fee for said item anyway.

    Interesting. Pondering.
  • Martin Murtonen May 28, 2010 at 11:07am
    And some more fuel on the Digital Comic Space:

    http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=26223
  • Martin Murtonen May 24, 2010 at 9:52am
    That's an interesting number Joe.

    Could you explain your reasoning in a little more depth? Why those numbers and for what size products/projects? I suppose it's somewhat obvious how you chose those numbers, but helping us understand the thinking may help others in determining their pricing approach as well.
  • Joe Chiappetta May 24, 2010 at 4:45am
    I think that when all the dust settles, eBook prices will average at $5 or under. That's how I price my eBooks. Some are $4.99, some are $1.99 and some are $0.99.
  • Martin Murtonen May 21, 2010 at 10:04pm
    Ah yes Buzz - The issues were resolved - BUT there are some other finer points about eBooks in general - such as taking into consideration the Cost Factors, how to price them, why they are priced that way, what it takes etc.

    I'm more interested in the "creation aspects" than the conflict itself - hence the relevance to our conversations here on the boards.
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