Hello all you lovely erotica readers, and, of course, fellow authors.
Unusually, this ins’t a post featuring an imminent release, although there will be a new title from me next month. I wanted to explain my reasons for a couple of minor amendments to my pricing.
There are those in the digital reading community who don’t know the difference between a short story, and a novella, or the difference between a novella and a novel. It’s true, that we have people who simply enjoy a genre, and will happily take whatever appeals to them irrespective of size. For authors, this is, of course, a godsend, if those readers enjoy your work.
At the other end of the scale, we have readers of digital books who will only buy, or rent, an eBook if it is in a certain price bracket. For example, they wouldn’t buy a short story or novella that’s over a certain price. By the same token, they won’t buy, or rent, a novel if it’s below a certain price. When I see articles and blog posts dealing with this type of subject I take a keen interest, both as a reader, and as an author.
With all of this in mind, I spent a lot of yesterday assessing my back catalogue, reassigning descriptions, and amending prices, but only slightly.
What do I offer in terms of story length related to price?
My anthologies of short stories contain six tales each, and are my lowest priced titles.
Next up in price are my novellas, which range from 41,000 words to 89,000 words.
My single volume novels cost slightly more, ranging from 90,000 words to 114,000 words.
In terms of price, my two-part novels are priced at the same as my novellas for each book. This means that you’re buying two separate, but associated titles, each of novella length.
Why am I trying something like this when my readership is steadily growing?
I already know from my Amazon reports that the majority of my readers rent my books through the Kindle Unlimited option, so in effect, a price rise doesn’t affect most of my followers. If, after three months of these changes I can see a marked decrease in my sales or popularity, I’ll happily revert to a lower price range.
In other news, Older, Bolder, Crossdresser is in the editing stages, so I hope to publish by late in May, or early in June. It will be in the full-length novel category, being around 93,000 words.
Transformation is next in line, and is well underway. In the early drafts it’s difficult to tell how long a story will be, but as always, I’ll be aiming to ensure there is a coherent tale to support the graphic sex.
Until next time, thank you for being there, and remember, if you ever want to leave a comment, you can use the box, or the Contact page.
Katya xx
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