Price to content ratio for PDFs

[MEG Hal]

Consider it a STRONG HINT then to publishers to give value. Just because the minimum IS $5 doesn't mean you should jack up the price of your pdf module by more than 60% as has happened with Thievery 101. Package the product or combine your smaller items to justify your buyers paying that kind of price. I'd be pretty pissed if I didn't do the research, paid $5 for 15 pages and would probably avoid buying any more pdfs in future.

I do not disagree with you, just informing people the thoughts behind some of the stuff .

 

[PPP ENS]

I'd be pretty pissed if I didn't do the research, paid $5 for 15 pages and would probably avoid buying any more pdfs in future.

That's good feeback, and you should keep that pressure on publishers because not everyone apparantly values money in the same way. For some reason, I get the feeling that some forget how others value it, as well.

It's like I heard someone say about print pricing last year.

"11.95? That's a steak dinner some places. It better be good!"

 

[tensen]

I haven't seen any under-$5 items yet (except the free ones, of course), but I'd be curious to know if there are any, and how the low price affects their sales...

We like being contrary to people here with Dark Quest.
Our Cyber Style: Net of Dreams is $3.00
and Cyber Style: Prime rules is $4.95

both at rpgnow.
The first one was done a bit back. I know when Prime Rules was set to be released, they really didn't want us to go under the $5.00 mark... although is you purchase it, the $4.95 is enough for a sales. The Net of Dreams probably lost a few sales since you had to buy something else, but rpgnow doesn't have a way to track how many times the item went in the cart and didn't end up with a sale, so we have no way to know.

 

[HellHound]

I noticed the price to content ratio was a major factor in some of the more recent reviews at "The Elecronic d20" reviews site.

It's one thing to be expensive. It's another when the buyers feel ripped off when it's over.

 

[Psion]

"11.95? That's a steak dinner some places. It better be good!"

Heh. My wife has difficulty getting me to eat out anymore, because when I pay 20 dollars for a meal, I exclaim "this could be a gaming book."

Of course, there are more and more softcover books you CAN'T get for that price...

 

[HellHound]

"Of course, there are more and more softcover books you CAN'T get for that price..."

Amen brother psion, amen.

 

[Strutinan]

Lol, price-to-content is something we DON'T have a rpoblem with over here at DaemonEye Our premier book was over 100 pages for FIVE bucks, and the next one looks to be comming in at 250+ pages (as well as some handy other files) for only $15!

Someday, I will get to sleep....

 

[MThibault]

I wouldn't pay $5 for a dozen V.C. Andrews books (about 4,000 pages). On the other hand, I have paid $20 for Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (about 80 pages) -- and I am a man who lives without regrets.

I know page count is important to a lot of people. But I just don't get it.

Cheers

 

[Cergorach]

*blows away the dusk on this topic*

I think it's currently accepted that proven pdf publishers can ask upto half the price the product would cost if it was printed. Which i find really acceptable...

 

[HellHound]

I disagree.

I personally feel the main thing that has been hurting sales of Crimson Contracts : the Assassin's Manifesto has been the $7.50 price tag.

128 page book, illustrated. $19.95 is a good estimate on street price for it... But $7.50 is just too rich for good sales of a PDF product.