tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post4374804781112466245..comments2024-03-28T15:17:03.077-04:00Comments on Type M for Murder: What’s the Value of a Book?Barbara Fradkinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06992196707567972990noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post-53683799678238280642015-09-28T18:10:39.818-04:002015-09-28T18:10:39.818-04:00Thanks for writing this post, Vicki. It needed to ...Thanks for writing this post, Vicki. It needed to be said.Rick Blechtahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11800052815589987998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post-54951068549678289902015-09-28T17:36:02.473-04:002015-09-28T17:36:02.473-04:00Vicki, I ask myself such questions every day of my...Vicki, I ask myself such questions every day of my life. I sometimes wish for a return of the Renaissance and some enlightened literary patron who will be happy to pay me 100K a year to write the books that please me. Know anybody like that?Donis Caseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15207228706777377242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post-17083372662250354462015-09-28T17:00:56.807-04:002015-09-28T17:00:56.807-04:00Sybil, I have 19 published books under my belt. I...Sybil, I have 19 published books under my belt. I won't be contributing any of them. Vicki Delanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01106480550553972177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post-6642887048914770722015-09-28T14:35:14.403-04:002015-09-28T14:35:14.403-04:00Well said. When I received the email regarding the...Well said. When I received the email regarding the books on flashdrives for Bouchercon, I stared at it for several minutes wondering why any author would contribute to it. Okay, maybe if I had 20 books under my belt, I might consider contributing one of the older ones to it, but I don't. I only have 1 with a second coming out soon. I just don't see the upside for authors. For publishers, Sybil Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15931984219413146614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post-62024369963614004902015-09-28T09:13:53.344-04:002015-09-28T09:13:53.344-04:00Very well put. Five years ago, we worried about t...Very well put. Five years ago, we worried about the lesser price of ebooks affecting our bottom line. Then we worried about piracy, which is so easy with an ebook. But no one dreamed back then that a 2.99, 4.99 book would be given away for zero, even temporarily. One has to worry that so many books given away for free will not only affect sales; it will force the price of other books down evenMelodie Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07870938103759179132noreply@blogger.com