Alex Clarke plans to price his self-published ebooks at roughly £5 for about 45,000 words. He regards that as a tentative judgment and is unsure whether it undervalues or overprices the work. Better returns from self-publishing would affect his plans for a future larger book. At the time of the recording, television and video work were subsidizing his books and, to an extent, contract lecturing.
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Testing self-published naval-history ebooks
A plan for roughly 45,000-word ebooks priced around £5 tests whether self-publishing can support research more effectively than traditional royalties.