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"Time is Money: New Thinking on Digital Book Pricing" - Nathan Maharaj (Kobo, Inc.) at BookNet Canada's Tech Forum (BookNet 101) - March 5, 2014.
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Time is Money: New Thinking on Digital Book Pricing
March 5, 2014
Nathan MaharajDirector, Merchandising
Beard grooming & maintenance
eBook Pricing
KOBO CONFIDENTIALPAGE 5
The eBook pricing landscape0.
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KWL (Sales Weighted) KWL (Volume) Market (Sales Weighted)
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Free 1st in serieses
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Paid Titles (Series A) Paid Titles (Series B) Paid Titles: Author's Catalogue (Excluding Series A & B)Free Title: Series A Free Title: Series B
What’s the value of a book?
What’s the value of reading?
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Coming up…
1. Bought! Now what?
2. The wages of reading
3. Serial study
1. Bought! Now what?
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What can we measure?
• % Opened• % Completed• # sessions & session duration
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And the award goes to…
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2. The wages of reading
KOBO CONFIDENTIALPAGE 24
Value for money?
Bio/Autobio
Gladwellian Big Ideas
Myst/Detective
Romance
Lit Fic
Erotica
CGN & Manga
$- $2.00 $4.00 $6.00 $8.00 $10.00 $12.00
0.0% 10.0% 20.0% 30.0% 40.0% 50.0% 60.0% 70.0% 80.0%
Avg. Abandon Avg. Cost/Hr ASP
70%
KOBO CONFIDENTIALPAGE 25
Reader engagement among those who finished?
Bio/Autobio
Gladwellian Big Ideas
Myst/Detective
Romance
Lit Fic
Erotica
CGN & Manga
- 5.00 10.00 15.00 20.00 25.00 30.00
Avg. Session Length Avg. # Sessions
3. Serial Study
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KOBO CONFIDENTIALPAGE 30
$1.99 at a time
Jan Feb March
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6
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Value for money?
Bio/Autobio
Gladwellian Big Ideas
Myst/Detective
Romance
Lit Fic
Erotica
CGN & Manga
$- $2.00 $4.00 $6.00 $8.00 $10.00 $12.00
ASP
$8.11
KOBO CONFIDENTIALPAGE 33
When did they stop buying?
27.5%
8.4%5.1%
2.9%0.2%
55.9%
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6
?
KOBO CONFIDENTIALPAGE 35
Completion %
0%
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70%73%
70% 71%73% 74%
Book 1 Book 2 Book 3 Book 4 Book 5 Book 6
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KOBO CONFIDENTIALPAGE 37
Now we know…
• <100% of readers open the ebooks they buy.• And <100% of ebooks opened are read to the
end.• Big Ideas come with a relatively big price tag
for an evening’s amusement. • Serial publication drives sales and builds
readership.
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KOBO CONFIDENTIALPAGE 38
More to explore
• What’s the impact of promotional pricing on completion %?
• If/when customers read outside their core interest area, how is completion % affected?
• What do bestsellers with extreme completion rates have in common?
• How can publishers ensure their books are bought and read? (does it matter?)
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