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Post by shaun on May 18, 2010 13:59:25 GMT
I have just got back in the house from dropping my books The Kult and Deadfall off at a local shop that is selling them on 'sale or return'. The shop is pricing them at £7.99, which he says is to be competetive. The shops takes a 35% cut. Take off the price I buy the books at, and I'm left with pennies and not pounds, but it all helps with awareness and even a few pennies is better than nothing
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Post by carsonbuckingham on May 18, 2010 14:05:41 GMT
10.99 pounds is far more than I would pay for a horror book. At the US exchange rate, that's what, about $17?
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Post by steppedonwolf on May 18, 2010 14:12:29 GMT
10.99 pounds is far more than I would pay for a horror book. At the US exchange rate, that's what, about $17? Hello, Carson! Welcome aboard. How's things going?
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Post by feline on May 18, 2010 14:29:17 GMT
I only buy e-books now, and they must be under €9 (I don't know how much it is in pounds).
If I adore the novel, I'll buy the hardcover. And at that point the cost doesn't count (it's a must-keep book--a treasure).
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Post by Dreadlocksmile on May 18, 2010 18:40:32 GMT
I only buy e-books now, and they must be under €9 (I don't know how much it is in pounds). If I adore the novel, I'll buy the hardcover. And at that point the cost doesn't count (it's a must-keep book--a treasure). You're the first person that I've 'met' who predominately buys ebooks. Hope you don't think I'm rude for asking, but what sort of age are you? I'd just be interested to know if its just a case of the older readers who are stuck in their ways always prefering hardcopy books over electronic copies.
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Post by theaswangpress on May 18, 2010 20:42:22 GMT
Let me explain the price. Do any of you collect books? Delirium for example? Cemetery Dance? Any other of the small presses? If you do, you will know that the price of Nightspawn is pitched at the same level as these guys charge for their paperback productions and frequently cheaper. We could, of course, have produced Nightspawn in a 300 copy signed limited edition hardcover and charged $50. We could have thrown in a $150 lettered and creamed a few thousand in that way. But neither Guy nor ourselves were comfortable with that; we wanted an affordable book that reflected the time and quality spent on it, and at the same time rewarded Guy for writing it. We're not Leisure paperbacks here - we're not churning out tens of thousands of books for 8 bucks apiece. We're a small press aiming for a quality market for collectors who appreciate quality. That is what Small Press is all about - you get books from the small presses you simply won't get from the mainstream publishers because they are a niche market. So far all I have read is positive reviews - great cover; great production; superb story. Thanks for that - it means a lot. Now tell me: is that not worth £10.95? If you think not then I'll tell you now we're going to fold because whilst Guy and authors like him love to write, they ain't doing it for free and similarly - neither are we. It comes down to this: you either want to be part of it or you don't. If you love reading but think it's your right to buy books for pence then go to a library and get the books for free. If you love collecting - like we do - and you take pride in your book collections, then we'll see you when the next one is released. But it won't be in the libraries. Cheers.
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Post by ian on May 18, 2010 20:48:27 GMT
Hi theaswangpress and thanks for joining BHN, also thanks for explaining why Nightspawn is £10.95.
Please do stick around. Ian.
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Post by Dreadlocksmile on May 19, 2010 8:34:23 GMT
Personally, I'm a book collector and as such I'm happy to fork out for books by particular authors that I love (you wouldn't believe the amount I've spent on various rare Clive Barker books over the years!).
However (and this is a big however), I appreciate that not everyone is a collector. I'm sure there are 100's of GNS fans out there that would love to read his latest work, but are on a tighter budget than people like me, and as such may well lose out on reading the new novel.
An easy compromise would be to keep with the £10.99 high quality paperback format for those that like to collect them, but maybe also release the novel as an ebook at far less cost (for you and the customer) so they don't miss out on new GNS work. I know ebooks aren't often the prefered format for many readers, BUT at least this gives those on a tighter budget the option of still reading the book.
What does everyone think?
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Post by steppedonwolf on May 19, 2010 8:50:20 GMT
Ebooks are more popular Stateside so it'd certainly make sense to offer the digital option for our American friends.
My copy arrived today. Good quality, nice cover - but I'm a bit baffled by something.
New paragraphs arn't indented, instead there's a line break between each one. Never seen this before in a print book, so what's the reasoning behind this?
Also, are there plans to release this edition in the High Street, or is this limited to internet/mail orders for now?
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Post by Dreadlocksmile on May 19, 2010 8:56:44 GMT
New paragraphs arn't indented, instead there's a line break between each one. Never seen this before in a print book, so what's the reasoning behind this? Perhaps it's a little easier on the eyes?
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Post by ceriadelle on May 19, 2010 9:29:28 GMT
we are currently discussing with our technical support team about putting a GNS book in e format on the website fortnighhtly, Working our way through from werewolf by moonlight up to the latest titles. Keep a look out...... About putting this into the high street shops we will be talking to the aswang press and see how we all feel...... It will stay in print.
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Post by Dreadlocksmile on May 19, 2010 12:34:49 GMT
What sort of ballpark pricewise were you thinking of for a GNS back catalogue ebook?
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Post by rakie on May 19, 2010 21:41:11 GMT
My copy arrived today. Good quality, nice cover - but I'm a bit baffled by something. New paragraphs arn't indented, instead there's a line break between each one. Never seen this before in a print book, so what's the reasoning behind this? unofficially, i believe there was some kind of issue with the typeset - it wasn't meant to look like that.
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Post by steppedonwolf on May 30, 2010 3:24:45 GMT
My copy arrived today. Good quality, nice cover - but I'm a bit baffled by something. New paragraphs arn't indented, instead there's a line break between each one. Never seen this before in a print book, so what's the reasoning behind this? unofficially, i believe there was some kind of issue with the typeset - it wasn't meant to look like that. So why the hell did it go ahead in this way? Who was doing the editing/QC?
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Post by steppedonwolf on May 30, 2010 5:02:12 GMT
So far all I have read is positive reviews - great cover; great production; superb story. Thanks for that - it means a lot. Now tell me: is that not worth £10.95? Well, you've heard differently now. Great cover, yes. Great story, yes. Great production? Get real. What happened? Did anyone check the proofs before the book went to print?
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