02-22-2009, 02:21 AM | #1 | |
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break even at 24
From http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09053/950850-44.stm
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Say (say) you save $10 on every book you buy. Now, that would be hard to believe. I certainly don't save that much. But if you did, then you'd need to buy 36 books to break even on the new Kindle. If you only save $5/book, you'd need to buy 72 books to break even. And this doesn't consider all the ebooks priced at pbook price or higher. I'm not convinced his conclusion is wrong. But I certainly think his number is. |
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02-22-2009, 02:38 AM | #2 |
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He's figuring that for a full-price hardback at $25-$26 and the special Kindle price of $9.99.
$370 / $15 = 24.666666667 $370 / $16 = 23.125 Seems disingenuous to assume people will buy only hardbacks, but hey, the calculation still works... |
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02-22-2009, 02:48 AM | #3 |
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"Figure fiddling" to suit the argument....
How about the "It's easier to carry a kindle holding the contents of 24 books, than a suitcase with 24 hardbacks". |
02-22-2009, 04:16 AM | #4 |
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I can do it better. I save the "special collector's edition" at €50 and instead download the €0 version from MobileRead.
€350 / (€50 - €0) = 7 books to break even |
02-22-2009, 04:49 AM | #5 |
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well lets See, I have the sony reader.
It Cost $500 after tax and extended warenty. I have Owned it for exactly 3 months, I have read 26 Novels (omg 26) for free at a price of $4.32 a book from amazon each (0.01+3.99 Shipping, plus Tax) I would have to read 116 books to break Even. which if i read at my current speed, it will have paid for itself in just over 10 months from now. |
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02-22-2009, 06:03 AM | #6 | |
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In Japan foreign pbooks cost between 10USD and 25USD. I have read more than twenty books on both my Cybook Gen 3 and Sony 505. For me it has already paid off. However, I tend to get most of my books for free from Gutenburg. I have bought a few from Sony and Books on Board: Both are considerably cheaper than most pbooks in Japan. |
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02-22-2009, 06:17 AM | #7 |
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On the other hand,
since I have had my reader, I have bought significantly more books than I would have done. |
02-22-2009, 08:51 AM | #8 |
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The Bookswim guy is actually selling the idea to dedicated readers who purchase more than 24 books per year. Maybe not the casual read-and-toss readers who pick up a few paperbacks before they go on holiday or purchase on a whim at the super-mega-hyper-mart, but I wouldn't expect them to jump onboard early.
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02-22-2009, 08:53 AM | #9 |
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Silly boy, I didn't buy it to save money on books :doh: That's just a plus.
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02-22-2009, 09:53 AM | #10 |
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The free books alone (no PD books) have more than paid for my Kindle.
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02-22-2009, 10:01 AM | #11 | |
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02-22-2009, 11:19 AM | #12 |
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I second that
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02-22-2009, 11:30 AM | #13 | |
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Who buys a new hardcover every two weeks--not counting technical books, which often aren't available in ebook format? I know such people exist; I have trouble believing they're the majority of book-buyers. You'd think they'd pitch the ebook devices at the casual holiday crowd: here's how you can pack two dozen books, not have to decide which ones before you leave, and definitely not run out during your vacation. (Of course, to pitch to that crowd, they have to acknowledge that they're charging the same for pbooks and ebooks. And that ebooks cost more than paperbacks sometimes.) |
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02-22-2009, 11:45 AM | #14 | |
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We probably already have a lot of those people here. I know that I'm one - I probably spend about £50 on books in the average month. |
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02-22-2009, 01:08 PM | #15 | |
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However, if you were to consider that I bought all the public domain stories that I have read in paperback my break even point would be much less than 24 books. Then again, I might NOT have read those books had I not got a reader and got involved here. But, I would have bought other books to read during that time. BOb |
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