Quality over Quantity?

Having researched printed and eBook prices of books in the same genre as my own, I am baffled at the range of price people are selling their books at.

Some authors have gone with the cheaper price to attract readers to their books then on sequels or other books they publish, they increase the price.


Other authors have priced their books slightly higher than other authors in their field and I'm guessing there doing this as they do not feel they should lower the price as the quality should be worth paying for.


However, although I think I will go with the first option, which is set a reasonably low price (without affecting my profits too much) to attract people to work, what I also noticed that the price people sell their books at do not seem depend over how many pages they have.


Now I do believe in quality over quantity but when I saw a book with 40 pages on at the same price as one with 365 pages in the same genre and many of the comments for the thinner book were negative as they all said the author did not manage to expand on the characters and the plot was flawed, what did they expect with a 40 paged book?


Now, as a new author myself, my blog is all about my own experiences and not to preach or pretend I know it all (as I do not!), which is why I would like to know, what is the best price to sell a book at if:

• It has between 100 and 200 pages?
• It has between 201 and 300 pages?
• It has more than 301 pages?

I know it shouldn't be judged on the amount of pages the book has but reading that review, did make me think and although I would never pay for a book with 40 pages and expect it to be fantastic, I am still curious at how people make these price decisions?

Note: Just remember when setting a price to sell your book at, keep in mind the fees which will come out of your profits, so price it accordingly.