Over 20 years ago, mystery writer Sue Grafton came up with a tremendous hook to sell her stories. She titled them alphabetically. Starting with “A is for Alibi” and through the alphabet until she has hit “V is for Vengeance.” So she has four left to complete this massive series.
All of the books are in print in mass market. Each of the mass market titles are $7.99. All about the same length and the covers all match.
But the eBooks pricing on B&N nook is all over the map:
A distro of the eBook prices:
- $2.99 – 3
- $3.99 – 2
- $4.99 – 3
- $5.99 – 2
- $6.99- 2
- $7.99 – 9
- $14.99 -1
Taking a deeper loo at the sequence:
- A IS FOR ALIBI – $2.99
- B IS FOR BURGLAR – $3.99
- C IS FOR CORPSE – $4.99
- D IS FOR DEADBEAT – $5.99
- E IS FOR EVIDENCE – $6.99
- F IS FOR FUGITIVE – $7.99
- G IS FOR GUMSHOE – $7.99
- H IS FOR HOMICIDE – $7.99
- I IS FOR INNOCENT – $6.99
- J IS FOR JACK – $5.99
- K IS FOR KILLER – $4.99
- L IS FOR LAWLESS – $4.99
- M IS FOR MALICE – $3.99
- N IS FOR NOOSE – $2.99
- O IS FOR ORGASM – $2.99
- P IS FOR PERIL – $7.99
- Q IS FOR QUARRY – $7.99
- R IS FOR RICOCHET – $7.99
- S IS FOR SILENCE – $7.99
- T IS FOR TRESPASS – $7.99
- U IS FOR UNDERTOW – $7.99
- V IS FOR VENGEANCE – $14.99
I love way the prices start low and build and then start to decline again. This is from A-F and then down from H to 0. The rest ar ethe standard $7.99 and the last one (V) is reflecting the hardcover.
Fun with eBook pricing. It could be different tomorrow.
