Is $80 normal for an omnibus?

[Gazella]

The ebook collection consists of 13 novels including bonus material. I've never bought a collection in ebook form so I don't know what they're usually priced at. Have you ever bought a collection that costs that much or close to that amount?

[Nate the great]

I would say that it is a little pricy.

[Catlady]

Jean Plaidy's Complete Tudors ebook omnibus is $100.99.

[jayne80]

I would say that though it sounds a little pricey, it all depends on what the books are and how much they would cost seperately.

[BeccaPrice]

13 novels for $80 is $6.15 or so per book. So whether it's a deal or not depends on the original pricing of each individual novel.

[gbm]

Originally Posted by Gazella

The ebook collection consists of 13 novels including bonus material. I've never bought a collection in ebook form so I don't know what they're usually priced at. Have you ever bought a collection that costs that much or close to that amount?

That is $6.16 per novels, so are the novels worth that to you individually? My rule of thumb for these types of collections, is the price of the collection discounted 20% or more off the price of buying all the ebooks individually.

bernie

[Gazella]

One costs $3.41 the rest are $6 each.

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by Gazella

One costs $3.41 the rest are $6 each.

Then it's very overpriced. For a bundle of thirteen ebooks of that sort of individual price, I'd be unhappy paying more than $60.

But perhaps the extras are incredibly important to you. In which case, perhaps the extra cost is worth it to you over the individual books prices.

[BeccaPrice]

then unless you want the convenience (dubious) of an omnibus, it's cheaper to buy the books as individuals.

I don't like omnibus volumes - if I want to read a specific book, it's hard to find it.

[speakingtohe]

seems a bit pricey. A quick look at Amazon shows most omnibus priced under $5.00 for 3 books, and less than half the price of individual purchases, although there are exceptions.

I prefer individual books myself, as I can be fickle at times

[Gazella]

Thanks everyone for your opinions. I'm going to buy each book individually as it's much cheaper that way and I decided the bonus material isn't that important for me to have.

[Andrew H.]

Originally Posted by BeccaPrice

then unless you want the convenience (dubious) of an omnibus, it's cheaper to buy the books as individuals.

I don't like omnibus volumes - if I want to read a specific book, it's hard to find it.

Yeah, I don't like omnibuses for e-books - the books are treated like chapters; the "furthest read" functionality doesn't work unless you read the books in order; and searches search the entire omnibus (which might be helpful for academic purposes, but which is less helpful for things like "who is this guy again?")

[RDaneel54]

Some omnibuses seem to be thrown together, especially ebooks. Good idea to go for the separate volumes.

[Ken Maltby]

Originally Posted by Gazella

Thanks everyone for your opinions. I'm going to buy each book individually as it's much cheaper that way and I decided the bonus material isn't that important for me to have.

If you do want them together you could do what I do and use the EpubMerge
plugin with calibre. There is a lot you can do to customize your new merged
book, right in calibre. 13 books is quite a lot I haven't done one that big,
but I have made some of 5 or 6 books.

[Edit; I did do the Flinx and Pip series of 12 books.]

Luck;
Ken

[ilovejedd]

The only reason I buy an omnibus is because they're usually cheaper than buying individual volumes. Even then, I just disinfect the omnibus and divide it into individual epubs via Calibre+EpubSplit. If the individual books are cheaper, then I'd rather buy those from the get go.