Lynne Kiesling
The album itself is 36 songs, nearly two and a half hours of music — but he’s only offering the first nine songs for free. However, he is offering a variety of choices for people who do want to pay — starting with $5 for a complete download (in a choice of high-quality, DRM-free formats) of all songs plus a 40-page PDF of additional content and a “digital extras pack” with graphics that can be used as wallpaper, icons and anything else.
There are other options as well, reminiscent of other musicians who try to offer reasons why you should spend more. For Reznor, those options include a $10 2-disc CD with 16-page booklet (and all the downloads), a $75 Deluxe Edition which includes the CD, a data DVD with all of the content and a Blu-ray high definition DVD with an accompanying slideshow, and finally, a $300 “Ultra-Deluxe Limited Edition Package” that includes everything in the Deluxe Edition plus a vinyl version of the album, limited edition Giclee prints packaged in a “luxurious package” which will be numbered and signed by Trent (only 2,500 of those are available).
Technology and the reduction in distribution costs makes it easier and cheaper to engage in price discrimination of this granularity, which benefits both producer and consumer.
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