The fact that I make more money from a person who would borrow “Chuck Hammer and the Invisible Squadron; A Vendetta’s Wage” than one who would purchase it outright for Kindle presents a quandary.
To promote my work I allow it to be borrowed by Kindle device owners for free. There is a monthly fund to be divided between all the lenders per how many times their work had been lent in any given month. It averages something over $1 according to what I could glean from Kindle’s e-mail news letters.
Also to promote my work I have put the price of my largest work to date at $0.99. This would provide me with about $0.33 per sale; far less. The $0.99 price has been a topic of many discussions and criticisms. The main issue being that after putting in thousands of hours of work into a novel, if one would work fairly consistently on one’s novel for over a year, a $0.33 return per sale will never bring a return close to the value of ones investment of time and creativity unless perhaps one is among the top ten Kindle sales leaders.
I value my labors and feel it is only proper that I raise the price of “Chuck Hammer and the Invisible Squadron; A Vendetta’s Wage”. By the end of this month of March the price will be raised to $3.99, so if you were thinking of purchasing it time is running out to save a bit of coin. Of course you Kindle device owners will still be able to borrow the work for free. Yes it seems pricey for a short novel when others can acquire it for free, but you could always buy yourself a Kindle, which is the goal of the Kindle Owner’s Lending Library. A promotional print limited edition will be out soon. If anyone is interested in signed copies let me know.
The second of the Fortunes of Chuck Hammer Series will hopefully be out by the end of the year.
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