tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1894992689217300894.post6882148801955682047..comments2024-03-28T13:14:15.205-04:00Comments on Ann Michelle's World: Update: Part Four of "The Making of Danielle"Ann Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11486529597586467120noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1894992689217300894.post-26725927920164736462017-01-26T13:46:07.958-05:002017-01-26T13:46:07.958-05:00Thank you Marie! I'm happy to hear that! :)Thank you Marie! I'm happy to hear that! :)AnnMichellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08180324622829776755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1894992689217300894.post-48369233870843664052017-01-25T11:42:36.659-05:002017-01-25T11:42:36.659-05:00I think taking into account a combination of quali...I think taking into account a combination of quality and length your books are the best value out there by a fair margin. Some writers score well on one but almost always fall down on the other. Your my favourite author in our genre. <br /><br />MarieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1894992689217300894.post-6293600878423464892017-01-23T17:09:35.845-05:002017-01-23T17:09:35.845-05:00Thanks LMark! :)Thanks LMark! :)AnnMichellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08180324622829776755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1894992689217300894.post-28270240642191156922017-01-22T22:44:11.337-05:002017-01-22T22:44:11.337-05:00I'm looking forward to reading the next part o...I'm looking forward to reading the next part of your story. Take your time.LMarknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1894992689217300894.post-30559533041945546072017-01-22T14:59:22.965-05:002017-01-22T14:59:22.965-05:00You're welcome, cindy bee! I'm working fu...You're welcome, cindy bee! I'm working furiously!AnnMichellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08180324622829776755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1894992689217300894.post-63211477494310182262017-01-22T14:22:22.343-05:002017-01-22T14:22:22.343-05:00Thanks for the update. I'm waiting semi patien...Thanks for the update. I'm waiting semi patiently.<br /><br />cindy_beeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1894992689217300894.post-42864496022752826222017-01-22T13:53:35.000-05:002017-01-22T13:53:35.000-05:00Voice of Reason, Thank you! That's very flatt...Voice of Reason, Thank you! That's very flattering!<br /><br />Unfortunately, there are a lot of stories out there where the TS/TG elements are just window dressing. I've always found that to be frustrating. My goal has always been to provide creative, entertaining, hopefully-exciting books with characters that you can relate to. I really do want my readers be able to lose themselves in my stories for a few hours and hopefully re-read them over the years.<br /><br />Thanks again! :)AnnMichellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08180324622829776755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1894992689217300894.post-85776631889535496832017-01-22T12:59:40.128-05:002017-01-22T12:59:40.128-05:00Hmmpie, Sweden? Interesting. I'm amazed how ...Hmmpie, Sweden? Interesting. I'm amazed how many people from countries I never expected have bought my books.<br /><br />I've never read Frank, but he does seem to be a little cheaper. <i>As a general rule though</i>, what I see in our genre, is that the most common price is some form of 10,000 words for $3... whether it's 9,000 words for $2.99 or 30,000 words for $10. Not everyone uses this model, obviously, but it seems to be the most common.<br /><br />I've never done Lulu because I used to be in the Amazon Prime program which made it almost impossible to sell elsewhere. I'm out of that now, but haven't had the time to look at other sellers.AnnMichellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08180324622829776755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1894992689217300894.post-1691856303223228202017-01-22T12:36:58.126-05:002017-01-22T12:36:58.126-05:00Thank you for this update, Ann! Your books keep ge...Thank you for this update, Ann! Your books keep getting better and better. I hope you write 2 or even 3 additional books in the Danielle series. <br /><br />At less than $5 for a well-written, original, creative book with interesting characters and tantalizing scenarios, your books are a great bargain. Unlike too many authors in our genre, you spend a lot of time and put serious effort into every page you write. <br /><br />Many depict a magical spell or potion turning a guy into a girl, and then describe wanton orgies. It's like the orgies are the main plot, and the TS/TG elements are just window dressing. The same meager story line is recycled into every possible genre, and there's nothing of merit anyway. <br /><br />Anyone who finds your prices too high is free to seek a better return on their investment elsewhere. Good luck with that! The comparison is as between a portrait painter vs. a wall painter. It makes no sense to judge output based on gallons of paint used or square footage covered. The tasks are entirely different. Voice of Reasonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1894992689217300894.post-43786286002814981562017-01-22T07:02:11.636-05:002017-01-22T07:02:11.636-05:00Well, I still disagree with you, though I had to g...Well, I still disagree with you, though I had to go to bed last night (I'm Swedish), and this morning I have been helping my parents move.<br /><br />As has been stated many times it's hard to compare prices, especially if a story is illustrated or not, and there being so many different business models, for example tgstories have a monthly fee and then you can read everything there. So that said it's hard to compare. I think the easiest would probably be if I compiled the top-selling tg writers on Amazon and if we then looked at prices compared to size of books. There are many top-selling writers such as Russell Frank for example that take very low prices for high quality texts that are also long. (Russell Frank is about double your wordcount and always 3.74-3.75 USD in price).<br /><br />But just a question, why don't you also publish on Lulu if it's less expensive to publish there? Like most other tg writers.Hmmpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06012244280434894903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1894992689217300894.post-76552544814517797082017-01-22T02:06:42.619-05:002017-01-22T02:06:42.619-05:00P.S. Hmmpie, Thank you again for sharing your view...P.S. Hmmpie, Thank you again for sharing your views. I am always happy to hear people's thoughts and concerns. :)AnnMichellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08180324622829776755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1894992689217300894.post-4522602839001867902017-01-21T17:12:13.158-05:002017-01-21T17:12:13.158-05:00Hmmpie,
I'm not similar in price to Sixpack -...Hmmpie,<br /><br />I'm not similar in <i>price</i> to Sixpack -- I'm cheaper. And I only mention Sixpack because I am only responding to your comment that the reader gets more words for half the price from Sixpack. That isn't accurate. It's actually backwards. My books cost half Sixpack's price and they include double the words. But Sixpack does illustrations, which means his work cannot be compared directly to mine in terms of the discussion of <i>value</i>. That's why I didn't mention him myself.<br /><br />Yes, the Harry Potter book was the kindle price. That's been a bit of a scandal, that publishers are not pricing their kindle books much lower (if lower at all) than their paperback books. Hard cover books are in the high $20 range.<br /><br />I haven't seen any reviews at Amazon about the cost of Sandy Thomas books. I have seen the pirate threads, but I don't take those people's claims about the cost as legitimate so much as a justification for illegal action. Whenever the issue of Sandy Thomas has come up in online discussions in which I've engaged, most people feel they are fair for their price and they were thankful they existed. And the fact they are similarly priced to Reluctant Press and Centurion before that suggest that Thomas isn't overpriced. Thomas was a huge step forward in terms of quality and availability.AnnMichellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08180324622829776755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1894992689217300894.post-54755802641544590512017-01-21T16:47:20.430-05:002017-01-21T16:47:20.430-05:00"Fated for Femininity" is 70 pages/22,00..."Fated for Femininity" is 70 pages/22,000 words an $7.95. So it's more expensive, not less"<br /><br />Well, that entirely depends on how you value the illustrations. You yourself has previously stated you couldn't find an illustrator because they are too expensive. We can't base the productions from Sixpacksite only by number of words. Fraylims artwork in his collaborations with KK is beautiful. (Also Fated for Femininity is a special case since it's not an original Sixpacksite story, but a translation that was just illustrated). (So a pure per word comparison with yourself and Sixpacksite is not really fair in that sense).<br /><br />The only real artwork that Fraylim did for Sandy Thomas is the Auntie gets tough-series, and in those there were much fewer illustrations and words at a much higher price than anything at Sixpacksite.<br /><br />You currently don't pay for illustrations but yet you are similar in prize.<br /><br />https://www.amazon.com/Under-Poms-Part-Undercover-Book-ebook/dp/B01M04HIRX/ref=la_B00N97BGCC_1_8?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1485034891&sr=1-8 <---I don't think CourtneyCaptisa got any illustrations in this one, (I haven't bought this one yet), but it only costs 4.99 on Lulu, for at least as it says on Amazon, 143 pages (not that pagecount is a very good tool). Says the word count is 30 000.<br /><br />On that price you stated for the HP book, are you sure it was a kindle price and not hardcover? (Kindle is usually much less expensive).<br /><br />I find it strange that you have never heard anyone state that Sandy Thomas is too expensive, the reviews of the books on Amazon are filled with such statements, there are entire threads with pirates sharing Sandy Thomas stories because they are "too expensive".Hmmpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06012244280434894903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1894992689217300894.post-63317404509265415882017-01-21T16:39:53.372-05:002017-01-21T16:39:53.372-05:00Hmmpie, Blogger does some strange things. It real...Hmmpie, Blogger does some strange things. It really wasn't intentional. Sorry about that.AnnMichellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08180324622829776755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1894992689217300894.post-3727885356817499142017-01-21T16:36:37.569-05:002017-01-21T16:36:37.569-05:00Hmmpie, I don't feel attacked, and I'm sor...Hmmpie, I don't feel attacked, and I'm sorry that you think I'm highly priced, but I assure you that I'm not.<br /><br />Most of the big name authors actually are more expensive as a general rule. Take Harry Potter. The original Harry Potter has gotten cheaper and is now $9 for around 70k words. The new Harry Potter is the same length and runs $15. So the old "discounted" one is similar in word-count-to-price to my work, but the new one is 66% more. $12.99, $14.99 and $17.99 are common price points for new published books.<br /><br />Moreover, niche books are always more expensive because they have far fewer sales for the same effort, and this genre is a niche. So comparing the price of Rowlings to someone in our genre isn't really helpful because the market dynamics are so different.<br /><br />In our genre, Sandy Thomas really is the JK Rowlings, and I've honestly never heard people complain about her books being overpriced. And most of what I see in our genre has a similar price-to-word-count structure to Thomas.<br /><br />The Joe Six pack stuff varies. "Fated for Femininity" is 70 pages/22,000 words an $7.95. So it's more expensive, not less. "Day At the Mall" is 109 pages at $9.95. "From Mister to Sister" is 84 pages for $7.95. "Blondies Lost Summer" is 159 pages for $9.95. That's higher than my price-per-word, but lower than Thomas.<br /><br />And ultimately, the issue really is value, not cost. Is the product worth what you are paying for. That's my point with the Big Mac. For people who think nothing of spending $5 for a Big Mac, $5 for a book they will hopefully enjoy repeatedly is not an unfair price.<br /><br />As an aside, I do not count the ads for my other books at the back in my word counts or page counts.<br /><br />So anyways, I do thank you for sharing your concerns and, like I said, I am conscious of the issue. And the reason I've posted this post in the first place is to let people know that my expectation that this book would be the last is changing as I work on it and the story grows bigger and bigger as I near the ending. It's not a matter of trying to make more money, it's a matter of the story not being as enjoyable if it stays in one volume.AnnMichellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08180324622829776755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1894992689217300894.post-69515214065340261052017-01-21T16:20:39.136-05:002017-01-21T16:20:39.136-05:00Well, my comment is posted now, so there is no nee...Well, my comment is posted now, so there is no need to e-mail it anymore.Hmmpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06012244280434894903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1894992689217300894.post-34269160303070493672017-01-21T16:03:26.566-05:002017-01-21T16:03:26.566-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Raffertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00298470110740260439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1894992689217300894.post-23733378147780400042017-01-21T15:49:03.369-05:002017-01-21T15:49:03.369-05:00Okay, I find that strange, because I saw it being ...Okay, I find that strange, because I saw it being posted and double-checked like I usually do that what I wrote actually posted. But my post is there now so I guess Matthew can see it there.Hmmpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06012244280434894903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1894992689217300894.post-33097713117543820202017-01-21T15:42:50.082-05:002017-01-21T15:42:50.082-05:00Matthew and Hmmpie, if you wish to debate by email...Matthew and Hmmpie, if you wish to debate by email, please feel free. And if you wish, you can post email addresses. I just recommend deleting the post after you've made contact or you will get spammed.AnnMichellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08180324622829776755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1894992689217300894.post-25985265347503951882017-01-21T15:38:20.766-05:002017-01-21T15:38:20.766-05:00Hmmpie, I didn't delete your comment. It disa...Hmmpie, I didn't delete your comment. It disappeared into the spam filter and I didn't know about it until now. I just pulled it out of there and let it post.<br /><br />My email is posted on the blog and at Amazon: annmichelle@ymail.com<br />AnnMichellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08180324622829776755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1894992689217300894.post-29787144812816293432017-01-21T15:36:45.479-05:002017-01-21T15:36:45.479-05:00hi Ann, can I have your permission to post my emai...hi Ann, can I have your permission to post my email address via your blog, so I can debate your books etc with hmm pie?Raffertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00298470110740260439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1894992689217300894.post-56870805706968431012017-01-21T15:20:24.207-05:002017-01-21T15:20:24.207-05:00What's your e-mail Matthew and I can send you ...What's your e-mail Matthew and I can send you my post and you can decide for yourself if what I wrote is valid or not?<br /><br />I do realize that not everyone will agree on price issues. I could have written down my concerns in my reviews (verified purchase) on Amazon, and Ann Michelle would not have been able to delete them, but I choose the more respectful path and tried to contact the author directly. I found no e-mail so blog it is¨.<br /><br />Anyhow, whatever you think on price issues, it's still bad business practice to state a certain number of parts of this book, and then later increase that number.Hmmpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06012244280434894903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1894992689217300894.post-24559201985347164912017-01-21T15:04:41.997-05:002017-01-21T15:04:41.997-05:00I see Mr Trump has been your president for little ...I see Mr Trump has been your president for little over a day and world war 3 seems to have broken out via this blog. In the UK, all 3 books on amazon on The making of Danielle are flagged as best sellers. I think Ann that speaks for itself. Raffertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00298470110740260439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1894992689217300894.post-56524816194875471342017-01-21T14:51:57.076-05:002017-01-21T14:51:57.076-05:00Ahh, I see you deleted my second post, that is a b...Ahh, I see you deleted my second post, that is a bit disappointing. I expected it, but still disappointing.Hmmpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06012244280434894903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1894992689217300894.post-91012906618277582412017-01-21T14:14:46.268-05:002017-01-21T14:14:46.268-05:00Thanks Matthew! I love hearing that! :) I'm ...Thanks Matthew! I love hearing that! :) I'm really enjoying this series myself as well. It's been my favorite to write so far!<br /><br />Sadly, at Amazon, you often see people who have stolen their stories from places like Fictionmania. They usually get caught, but sometimes it takes a long time. Others will release the same stories over and over with minor changes under different names. Others take normal sex stories and add a line or two and turn it into a supposed TV/TG story. It's frustrating as a legitimate author because there's no easy way for most people to weed out the good from the bad and that's bad for our genre.<br /><br />I've always thought the Sandy Thomas books gave excellent value, and they are considerably more expensive than mine. The one thing I would like to add to mine is illustrations, but I am having the hardest time finding someone to do them (I also would need to add a dollar to the cost of my books). We'll see.<br /><br />Thanks, again!AnnMichellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08180324622829776755noreply@blogger.com