How much would you pay for a novel on Kindle?

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Hi everyone, hope you can help. I am selling a novel on Kindle and I am wondering what to price it at. I don't have a kindle myself - It will be my third book - first fiction novel.
So how much do you pay for books on there if you pay at all? Or do you only get books if they are free?

Thanks in advance.

I think that comment was meant for me maybe? Didn't realise right to reply' link contained a book written by her mum? Unfortunate cross post with my comment about someone linking to a crap book by their mum.

Hi chaps, Imperial and Nerf, my Mum wrote the book in 1990, and I did not
mean my comment for you Nerf, I swear. You should read the book though, it really is bloody good. Mum finally let me read her manuscript after I kept
pleading.

No worries right to reply, apologies if it did seem rude. I'm happy to try anything.

Really interesting thread. I now won't download free books, unless copyfreeright like Jane Austin etc. As a writer and reader I'm not sure why writers put their work up there for free, books aren't easy to write, but very easy to criticise and to not get paid for the pleasure!
I always download a sample and only end up buying about 10%. Reviews are tricky and to be honest I don't trust them. I will always check the reviewers track record, funny that so many reviewers only have one review in their history isn't it!

As a reader, I agree there is an awful lot of self-published crap out there. I won't download anything, free or paid, without looking at the sample first. Quite often the blurb alone is enough to put one off.

As a writer who self-publishes on Kindle, I think if one sees writing as a profession or career (even if only part time), one needs to set the price high enough to get some return on it, but not so high that people will be put off buying an unknown author. Since Amazon now have to collect 20 per cent VAT on e-books sold in the UK, plus they take their own cut, it's really not worth any author's while to price his or her books under £2.00 (assuming a full length novel).

The exception I think is for the first book in a series - many authors make those free or very cheap in the hope of hooking readers in to buy the rest.

When I got my Kindle I set myself an upper limit of £3.99 for an e-book, and I've stuck to it. (Doesn't stop me spending far too much on kindle books though!) In practice, most of the ones I get are under £3. I think 'I am not paying £4 or more for a download'. If I really want the book and it's a higher price, I would rather get a hard copy, which I can lend to other people, keep on the shelf etc. Or wait til there's an offer on and the kindle price drops.

I self-publish and price by books at the £3 mark or below.

And for me what I pay for a book depends on whether I've read that author before. Even if an author is relatively unknown if I've already read and enjoyed one of their books, then I will happily pay up to £7 for an ebook, though any more than that, and I become a little reluctant.