How to Disagree Like Civilized Gentlemen

A WINNER HAS BEEN SELECTED!! Alright, it's time for the third and final chance to win a signed copy of my book “Curse of the Masking-Tape Mummy.”

Again, to enter all you have to do is leave a comment on this comic (How to Disagree Like Civilized Gentlemen). The winner will be selected at random on Thursday morning (Feb 23rd). Again, I will ask a question that you can, but are not obligated to, answer.
Today's question: How much would you pay for a digital, DRM-free version of one of my books?
Just curious.


February 19, 2012
Reader Comments (333)
$4.99 for a downloadable .pdf version (if it's printable, cool, I get to use my crayons, water paints and magic markers)
$6.99 for Amazon Kindle version
will NOT buy from Apple store
I'd pay around £5, not sure what that is in your piddly American money
I love the orthopedic sword-cane in panel 4!
I typically don't buy digital only stuff, so $0. But, I would buy a physical book for $10 (more on a good day).
Heck, I still buy the CD instead of downloading music. I can always recover lost data. Yes, I do feel like a dinosaur admitting this.
i would go $5.99, $105.99 if you included an autographed sword-cane.
I'd definitely pay $10. Maybe more if there were a couple of eaxtras and/or easter eggs ONLY in that version.
Craig Steffen
You made a wise decision - it looks like Rick's cane is much more practical as a weapon, bladed or not. Your cane-walker may have more weight, but very awkward to wield.
As soon as I have to start thinking about a price limit, it is no longer an impulse buy. I suppose up to/less than $10. Just the postage to Germany of a printed book would run more than that.
3 $ (but I am incredibly cheap, moreover haven't read too many of your comics).
Although this is not the price I would pay, I feel strangely compelled to quote the classic movie "The Running Man" and say "I'd buy that for a dollar!".
Seriously, a DRM-free version of the e-book would easily run $9.99, which I would pay in a heartbeat.
Regards,
Trace
I'd pay around £5, which would be just under $8 which seems like a good average.
You could always try a pay what you want method, it's been done before and has worked well seeing as those who pay little will be balanced out by those who pay a lot.
$10 seems to be an appropriate number, I think.
We should quarrel over the proper way of muddling a mint julep.
I would be willing to pay $9.99. But I think you would sell a boat load of these at $4.99. There's something about "less than 5 bucks" that's appealing to younger folks.
$Texas!
As usual a fine comic.
In response to your question I would spend precisely as much as the fiancee would allow... which until the wedding take place would be about forty-seven cents. After the wedding, up to and including twelve dollars and ninety-five cents.
5 to 8 bucks seems fair. I'd pay 10, but that's just because I like you.
$5-7. Hmm, that cane looks vaguely familiar...
I would pay:
OVER 9000!
Ooh, I want an ugly medical quad-cane with FOUR swords in it!
Ten dollars is a wholly reasonable price point. I'd probably go up to 15 before I started second-guessing.
For DRM-free digital thingy I'd probably go as far as 10€ but obviously cheaper would be better :)
Actually I'd by far prefer it in digital form over paper. First of all reading stuff in an ebook reader is WAY more convenient and second I'll be paying tripple the price for paper stuff due to shipping things to this edge of the world being so horribly expensive.
Well, Actually...
To "Infer" is to come to a conclusion based upon premises known, or unknown... What you did was "Imply" that Rick is a fool.
Well, Actually FTW!!!
Tim, that's the worst website I've ever seen (http://fictioncircus.com/)
I'd pay $10AUD, which is like $15 USD or something.
I should really just buy your physical books.
$9.99 but wait there's more!
If you call now we'll throw in the Colonel's string tie for just shipping and handling!
I think I'll pay 5$ for the book, seems a fair price. The new strip is great!
If I had an e-reader that wasn't so Old I could read comics on it?
9.99-14.99 AND NOT A PENNY MORE!
Maybe a few dollars more.
But I demand that the price involve 99 cents!
Now that's how to fight with sword canes.
I'd pay $10 but only if I had an e-reader or tablet to keep it on so I wouldn't pay that right now. Sorry.
AwesOme strip. And I'd probably spend between $4 and $10 on an ebook.
I'd certainly pay the standard $10 for it. More if it includes the Rocket Hat comic.
$10 would be a good price.
Loved this strip. I would enjoy owning my own sword-cane.
I'd happily pay up to £8/$12.
probably 5 bucks, but only if it was easy to pay for, as in, i can use an itunes or amazon gift card, rather than an actual credit card (which i don't have).
I was terribly entertained by your efforts, Mr. Meyer. What is a digital, DRM-free version of a book? You must come to Downton for one of my son's hunts, do you ride?
One might infer you are a fool from the fact that you didn't say "implied?"
Sorry.
I would pay upwards 0f $10
Let's see, I only by Kindle ebooks for less than the paperback cost, but that's locked to Amazon. For unlocked, I'd probably pay the full $15 of the hard copy. For $5, I wouldn't have to stop and think or check with the other half on the electronic vs. paper tradeoff.
Yes, I know the "eh, it's only $5" mentality is what allows my little sister to spend all her money on coffee and have no idea where her paychecks all go. But it's only a mistake when SHE does it.
On one had, paperbacks are $10, so a digital version should cost less. But on the other hand, shipping is an additional $15 where I live so $10, being less than $25, is a good deal. But on the third hand, I can always read the comics online. But on the fourth hand, that's not the point.
I'm going to stop thinking about it before I run out of hands. I'm going to go with $10. Seems fair.
Probably 8-10 bucks, and it doesn't have to be DRM free, I just want to be able to read it on my Gen 3 kindle.
I agree with others who have recognized a sort of subconscious "ceiling" for digital versions of $10.00. That being said, I think that you might still lose a segment of potential buyers the closer you get to that figure. I would think that you're floor should be $5.00 and you could get away with as much as $7.00 before the "cheap bastiges" segment I belong to would balk.
I would be willing to pay you exactly what it's worth, except that I don't like that it's DRM-free. I would prefer to have the Daily Radiation Monitor included. What? Of course that is what he's talking about. Only a fool would disagree.
Sorry, I'm not an ebuyer.