Take it from the founder of Rhapsody—letting piracy corner a content market is
death:
http://arstechnica.com/business/2013/10/op-ed-why-my-first-novel-will-only-cost-you-0-99/
"Random House is pricing my first novel like an MP3 single. And as the founder
of the company that built the Rhapsody music service, I’m thrilled. The reason
is that I love writing fiction, but building a big audience for self-published
books would require ghoulish levels of social media stamina that I lack (proof:
this is only my third blog post in 14 months). This means that if I want to
reach readers—and I do—I need the backing and support of a publisher. Make that
a solvent publisher."
A good article on piracy, pricing and publishing.
Share and enjoy,
*** Xanni ***
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Andrew Pam
Partner, Glass Wings
http://glasswings.com.au/
