Pricing for e-books: your thoughts please?

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When I first started putting stuff up on Smashwords for download, I was conflicted because of the fact that much of it has been on offer around here for a while now and, of course, free of charge. I felt a certain guilt at the idea of even asking for a nominal fee of $0.99 for a story and have thus far only asked a price for anything that features an entirely new piece in amongst older stories.

But now a part of me is wondering if I've made a mistake of confusing my pre-existing audience around here with the potential one out there in the wider wilds of the internet. I've had large numbers of downloads on the stuff that I've been offering for free and by contrast quite few on the title that's only available for actual purchase.

I worry that I may inadvertently have given the impression that I'm not serious and that I undervalue my work. So as a result I'm considering asking $0.99 for an individual story, regardless of its age. On the other hand, I'm also weighing up the notion of making such freebie previews available for the period of a month and then beginning to charge for them after that time.

I'd seriously appreciate any thoughts and comments that people have on this matter.
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Depending on the subject of the story and its length, I'd be willing to pay more than $2.99. I consider your writing professional and I wouldn't ask for a discount based on the quality of writing, as I would with just about every other erotica author.

I'd say $0.99 to $1.49 is fair for a short story of 15-20 pages, and $4.99 for 100 pages. I think it's a good idea that stories can be purchased individually. For example mermaids and centaurs aren't interesting to me, and I'd rather pay for something I really like.

Have you given thought to doing commissions where one can pay to influence certain parts of the story, like what the object of transformation changes to, the speed and extent of the tf, characters etc? Perhaps add a side character to a longer story? Naturally within the boundaries of what you're comfortable writing.

How much would you ask for a full commission of say 20 pages? I assume the number would depend on how much it would diverge from your usual writing and how popular you project it would be with other readers...