I love your take on it, Alicia. Everyone has an opinion on pricing (as well as on everything else), and you’ve got to do what’s right for you, based on your goals and priorities.

I agree with you A.J. We’re essentially saying the same thing.

So true, Marcia. The “good enough” advice is not meant to give you an excuse to publish shoddy work. It’s to help you get out of your own way if perfectionism is stopping you from publishing and letting your voice be heard.

There are some truly excellent writers out there who can’t get past their inner demons. The best writer I’ve ever worked with still has not published her exquisite book. It’s been nearly 15 years since I worked with her, and her book still haunts me — how it made me laugh and cry at the same time, moving me to emotional depths most books I’ve read never get near.

Not everyone who can’t bring themselves to publish their work–for whatever reason–is as good a writer as she is. Even so, many entertaining stories and valuable self-help books have been lost to fear, in one guise or another. Since we get better with experience, even if someone’s first book isn’t prize-worthy, I still see it as a valuable steppingstone on a writer’s journey toward becoming a great, or at least better, writer. So, it feels very relevant to me.

‘Everyone’ says indies need to use rock-bottom prices $0 – $2.99 to attract readers; I may not get those readers, but there is no way I will sell a book that takes about eleven solid hours to read for those prices, and the few times I’ve tried for a special promotion, it hasn’t attracted the right readers anyway.

You are so right: the $20 journal you bought should have been PACKED with ways to take that guy’s ideas farther. Not only a ripoff, but a HUGE missed opportunity.

“Good enough” doesn’t mean let everything go and release sh*tty products, it means don’t be a perfectionist.

Whether or not your “good enough” helps you get over some mental block is irrelevant to me – and I feel it should be irrelevant for you as well.