To Kindle Or Not Kindle???

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I am about to produce my first ebook. I am not sure whether to upload the ebook to Amazon -- concerns are the limitations imposed by Amazon particularly in terms of pricing. To secure the 70% royalty the ebook needs to be priced below $9.99. Most books seem to be priced under $4. The alternative is having my own web site which will allow more flexibility in terms of pricing but carries with it the problem of generating traffic. Having a website and Amazon still means that I have limitations on pricing -- can't offer a book at say $15 on my website while it is selling for perhaps $4.99 on Amazon. What should I do. Go the independent route and sell through my website or suck it up and sell via Amazon. Any ideas greatly appreciated.
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  • Why can't you sell the book for $4.99 on Amazon and $15 on your own site?
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    • thanks for the reply. Just feel that its not fair to sell the book at two different price points. The people purchasing at the higher price would feel justifiably out of pocket.

    • If you are planning on selling for a higher price on your site I would love to know the results.

      My theory is you wont see any more sales on your site.

      Couple reasons:

      Your customer will just Google and see where they can buy for a cheaper price.

      Amazon has much more search traffic than your site, better management, ability to process for much more volume.

      And on top of that if your customer finds out he can get your book from Amazon, and you try selling it to him for a lot more don' you think your customer will be p***ed off?

      A better option would be to set your site up to pre-sell the book and then setup to have it sold via all the major sellers and provide links to them. I have seen this work very well before.
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  • Just a thought, depending on your niche, maybe you could try paydotcom or other affiliate sites such as clickbank.. My reasoning and some on this forum would not agree but you can offer your ebook at a higher price and have thousands of potential affiliates promoting your ebook.

    But if you do offer your ebook on amazon at 4.99 there is still potential to making a nice income, since amazon is huge. Plus if the book is good, then you also have thousands of potential affiliates selling your ebook on their website or news letter.
  • I'm getting ready to start some Kindle publishing and this same thought has been going through my mind...how to set the price? Personally, I may just keep it the same everywhere so there is less confusion. And yes, I can promise you people will search just to find the best price of your product.
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    To Kindle Or Not Kindle???

    I am about to produce my first ebook. I am not sure whether to upload the ebook to Amazon -- concerns are the limitations imposed by Amazon particularly in terms of pricing. To secure the 70% royalty the ebook needs to be priced below $9.99. Most books seem to be priced under $4. The alternative is having my own web site which will allow more flexibility in terms of pricing but carries with it the problem of generating traffic. Having a website and Amazon still means that I have limitations on pricing -- can't offer a book at say $15 on my website while it is selling for perhaps $4.99 on Amazon. What should I do. Go the independent route and sell through my website or suck it up and sell via Amazon. Any ideas greatly appreciated.