{"id":1288,"date":"2013-07-20T08:42:15","date_gmt":"2013-07-20T16:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thomas-hopp.com\/blog\/?p=1288"},"modified":"2013-07-20T08:42:15","modified_gmt":"2013-07-20T16:42:15","slug":"dinosaur-wars-is-back-in-paperback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thomas-hopp.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/20\/dinosaur-wars-is-back-in-paperback\/","title":{"rendered":"Dinosaur Wars is back in paperback"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Watch<\/a>Glory Hallelujah! Dinosaur Wars: Earthfall is back in print. No not an ebook–print! And I am delighted to say, at less than half the price of the original edition, which cost a whopping $21.95 per copy ten years ago. Ouch.<\/p>\n

Times have changed and printing paperbacks has gotten cheaper. So I was able to get the price down to $10.99. And today I see Amazon is offering it for $9.47<\/a>.<\/p>\n

At last! I’ve got a paperback out there for under $10!<\/p>\n

Now you may be thinking I’m getting too excited over a little thing like pricing. But you see, I have always felt that the only thing between me and a wider readership has been the unavailability of my books at a price people are willing to pay for the work of a relatively unknown author. Looking at it that way, imagine my dismay as my earliest published works were all forced to bear price tags in the $15-$22 range. It wasn’t my choice. It was the best the printer could do. At those outrageous prices for paperbacks it’s a wonder I sold any copies at all.<\/p>\n

Now that Dinosaur Wars: Earthfall can be had in solid form for under $10 I’ve got a good feeling about its prospects. In the past, big-name authors had it over me twice. One, they were big names. They had a lot of ready-made customers thanks to having million-seller books in their past. Second, however, was one of those unfair situations: they had publishers who could sell their books cheaply. Given those two advantages over my books, it’s no surprise their books sold like hotcakes while mine languished.<\/p>\n

Now, although I may not yet be able to muster tens of thousands of loyal readers (emphasis on ‘yet’), at least I stand on a level playing field regarding price. My books are under $10 too, so nyah-nyah-nyah to the big boys of publishing. One barrier to my joining you in the winners’ circle has just been demolished.<\/p>\n

From here on it’s more a matter of dishing up good stories than who’s got the price advantage. So c’mon big boys (and girls)! Dish up your best stories and let’s go head to head in a non-rigged market and see who readers choose at under $10. It might just be me this time around!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Now that Dinosaur Wars: Earthfall can be had in paperback form for under $10, I’ve got a good feeling about its prospects. In the past, big-name authors had it over me pricewise–but no more. Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64,9],"tags":[35,240,37,254],"class_list":["post-1288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-author","category-dinosaur-country","tag-dinosaur-wars","tag-new","tag-science-fiction","tag-young-adult"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thomas-hopp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thomas-hopp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thomas-hopp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thomas-hopp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thomas-hopp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1288"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/thomas-hopp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1291,"href":"http:\/\/thomas-hopp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1288\/revisions\/1291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thomas-hopp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thomas-hopp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thomas-hopp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}