Dani Amore, writing on technorati.com [UPDATE: link no longer good…], weighs in on the “how to price an ebook” debate by attempting a comparison between songs and novels. This cracked me up:<\/p>\n
A song that sells for 99 cents that just happens to be a masterpiece of beauty, timelessness and meaning and can change a person\u2019s life, is much more valuable than a $2.99 novel that the minute it\u2019s downloaded immediately causes your Kindle to smell like a rest stop toilet.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
But it’s a little sad, too, because the fact is people don’t think of novels as beautiful, timeless, and life-changing. For good reason — they’re generally not.<\/p>\n
But should they be?<\/p>\n
Have you ever read a novel that took your breath away, that gripped you the way a song can? What was it, and how long ago?<\/p>\n
And what would you pay to experience such a novel again?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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