E-Book/1000

personally i can't see the reason that people are saying it's expensive because it's 'just an ebook'. surely when buying a book (real or e) you're really paying for the info within? whether it is a real book or not will obviously affect pricing, because you have to pay for the materials if it's a real one, but i just don't think that the fact it's not a real book is an issue. i do however agree that tutor would probably sell more if the price were lowered to $30. lowering it to $20 is just pandering to the kind of people that think an ebook is worthless.

peace.

Hypes wrote:IM PO

cant afford 40 for an e-book if I wanted to.

20- bucks

def.

Sorry, the price stays. 1000's of people have bought the XL book because they appreciate the value of the information and content inside it. I'm sure the 1000 users will be the same and judging by the amount of downloads today.

Go to 'MPC SOUNDS' and see how much they charge for 180 sounds. $29.99 minimum. So for an extra $10, buy my ebook and get 500 more sounds and a 250 page tutorial book that will help you learn your machine inside out. In what world is that classed as a 'crappy' deal?

Have a read of the contents summary on the product page and see just how much information I cover in this book and the depth I go into. I really am struggling to see how by any stretch of the imagination when you put it into perspective you could consider my book deal 'crappy'. It's about the information and content inside, not the medium it's delivered on.

dammit, tutor edited his post before i could point out that he got caught by the language filter for "mpc samples' that was just too funny

you HAD to go and ruin my little moment there, didnt you, tutor...

that's ok, i saw it too, lol that's funny. (but laughing with you tutor, naturally! )

I never said it was crappy - I tried to show you that I appreciated the fact that your doing this work and making these books

I have bought samples from your site before.

I want the book - I think I may buy it down the line.

I dont thinks its just some crappy e-book.

I actually went to buy it right now but didnt have the 40.

dont get me wrong.

Sorry Hypes, I know you didn't say it was crappy - just generally not happy about the negative vibes towards me coming out of my own forum. It's a bit like having your friends over to your house and them pissing on your couch for no reason.

I appreciate the work done but slandering other compinies to make a point is bad business .......

"Go to 'MPC SOUNDS' and see how much they charge for 180 sounds. $29.99 minimum. So for an extra $10, buy my ebook and get 500 more sounds and a 250 page tutorial book that will help you learn your machine inside out. In what world is that classed as a 'crappy' deal?

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EYEO dbp wrote:I appreciate the work done but slandering other compinies to make a point is bad business .......

"Go to 'MPC SOUNDS' and see how much they charge for 180 sounds. $29.99 minimum. So for an extra $10, buy my ebook and get 500 more sounds and a 250 page tutorial book that will help you learn your machine inside out. In what world is that classed as a 'crappy' deal? "

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you are right with the last line you quoted, which i thought was a little childish, but in the first line tutor is only giving facts, so that's technically not bad business, but advertising.

Yes, you're right - that was childish, and I've removed those references from my post (and resulting quotes) as it's not fair to the company I originally refered to. I'm sure thier product is fine for it's intended audience and it's not my place to judge it.

But I stand by the other reference regarding the number of sounds you get on other sites (even our own) for similar amounts of money to the ebook. I've often though that the ebook is underpriced considering what you get. We've got sample packs that contain less sounds that sell (and sell well) for over $60.

Im not trying to hate on the guy do the damn thing tutor. i just included the first line because it was in refrence to another business/site as well. Thats all.

p.s that hand still creeps me out.

if anyone in england saw monkey dust, tutor's hand looks like the hand of the chat room pervert. no offence tutor, not trying to slow your sales of the 1k ebook, just stating fact.

Mr modnaR wrote:tutor's hand looks like the hand of the chat room pervert.

I don't have the time to be a pervert

Okay that's 3 request for a new avatar in the past week or so, maybe I'll change it...

Put some up and lets have a mpc forum vote on it.

MPC-Tutor wrote:

Hypes wrote:IM PO

cant afford 40 for an e-book if I wanted to.

20- bucks

def.

Sorry, the price stays. 1000's of people have bought the XL book because they appreciate the value of the information and content inside it. I'm sure the 1000 users will be the same and judging by the amount of downloads today.

Go to 'MPC SOUNDS' and see how much they charge for 180 sounds. $29.99 minimum. So for an extra $10, buy my ebook and get 500 more sounds and a 250 page tutorial book that will help you learn your machine inside out. In what world is that classed as a 'crappy' deal?

Have a read of the contents summary on the product page and see just how much information I cover in this book and the depth I go into. I really am struggling to see how by any stretch of the imagination when you put it into perspective you could consider my book deal 'crappy'. It's about the information and content inside, not the medium it's delivered on.

I've also encountered this thread and I peeped the link for the book.

First I also thought that 40 bucks are maaad expensive for an ebook.

It's not because I'm thinking that an ebook is less worth than a real book - the information is the same - BUT the price of a real book is not only based on the information in it.

There are a few factors that make the price - you know, the printing, the publishing, the distribution.

It's not 100 % profit for the author.

So solely based on the book I would think that 40 dollars are too much.

BUT if you look closely THAN you will see that it's not ONLY the book.
You get a whole bunch of samples with it - preprogrammed PGM's and even Midi-Files (I assume some patterns - or maybe even whole songs?).

I'm pretty sure it's definitely some good starting material and even some good stuff for seasoned people.

So in comparison I think it's a GOOD value for the money.

cheers

I bought a copy Clearly a lot of work went into this and I am finding it useful reading.

p.