[extropy-chat] finding old (and new) sf

[The Avantguardian]

--- Damien Broderick <thespike at satx.rr.com> wrote:

> However, your maxim seems to suggest that the better
> method would be to 
> charge a nominal fee, before downloading is done.
> That, though, presumably 
> slashes the number of people interested in trying a
> book out. Maybe some 
> combination is worth testing: permit downloading of
> one third or one half 
> of the novel free of charge, with the remainder
> available upon request for 
> a fee of two dollars, say. This would have to be
> made absolutely clear up 
> front, of course, or readers would feel royally
> pissed off.

How about selling by chapters with the first one free
and incrementing the price of each chapter
progressively? Just set the increments so that by the
time they buy the chapter containing the "climax" they
get the rest of the novel for free but they have
actually paid what they would have normally paid for
the book in paperback. Or whatever you feel it's
worth. It would work great for mystery novels where
everything is revealed in the last chapter.
 

The Avantguardian 
is 
Stuart LaForge
alt email: stuart"AT"ucla.edu

"The surest sign of intelligent life in the universe is that they haven't attempted to contact us." 
-Bill Watterson

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