Comments on: Guest Post–Privacy, freedom, and making a living as a writer http://www.sfwa.org/2010/11/guest-post-privacy-freedom-and-making-a-living-as-a-writer/ Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Tue, 14 May 2013 14:54:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Mal http://www.sfwa.org/2010/11/guest-post-privacy-freedom-and-making-a-living-as-a-writer/#comment-22083 Mal Tue, 30 Nov 2010 19:22:36 +0000 http://www.sfwa.org/?p=11017#comment-22083 People used to say the same thing about music. It didn’t work. The cool thing is that musicians can go out and make their living playing in front of people. You can’t do that.

]]> By: Aaron Larsen http://www.sfwa.org/2010/11/guest-post-privacy-freedom-and-making-a-living-as-a-writer/#comment-21584 Aaron Larsen Sun, 28 Nov 2010 08:28:18 +0000 http://www.sfwa.org/?p=11017#comment-21584 There is a suggestion that people who trawl the net for the free book were never going to buy it anyway, and perhaps if they do become fans they will buy future works. Giving it away free yourself may mean that people who would have bought the book (and already a fan) now will not buy it. This would appear to be a loss for the author.

]]> By: Andrew Burt http://www.sfwa.org/2010/11/guest-post-privacy-freedom-and-making-a-living-as-a-writer/#comment-21471 Andrew Burt Sat, 27 Nov 2010 15:42:58 +0000 http://www.sfwa.org/?p=11017#comment-21471 Chris, good luck with it! If you want to convert to other formats, the Calibre program is good for that. I’ve been experimenting with bittorrent distribution and in particular a “Pay as you like it” model based on a pricing survey ( http://critters.org/surv ) that suggests people will pay more if given the choice than if forced into a specific price point.

Also, I’ve been playing with Smashwords.com — you might check them out too. They convert a word .doc file into all popular ebook formats and let you control the pricing, including free and reader-chosen.

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