How many ebooks do you purchase each month?

lilac_jive · 01-12-2009, 08:05 PM

I saw on DearAuthor some ladies are getting together and doing a presenation on ebooks and the female market at the Tools of Change conference. Anyway I was discussing a point on percentage of purchasing amounts of those who have dedicated reading devices, and wondered how many books everyone buys on average per month.

So how many do you actually purchase each month? Does not matter where, or what device you are using.

(and ladies, if you want to help out this group with their research, check out this link: http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2009...comment-187489)

lilac_jive · 01-12-2009, 08:27 PM

Oh and mods- I wasn't sure where to put this, so if it needs to be moved I'm apologize ahead of time.

AnemicOak · 01-12-2009, 08:44 PM

Depends on what's coming out. Generally 10-12 a month, but on occasion 18-20. Most are new releases along with a few older titles that I want in e-form.

lilac_jive · 01-12-2009, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by AnemicOak

Depends on what's coming out. Generally 10-12 a month, but on occasion 18-20. Most are new releases along with a few older titles that I want in e-form.

*longwhistle* I want your book budget! Mine is only $30 a month

Averages are what I'm looking for, FYI everyone.

Greg Anos · 01-12-2009, 08:51 PM

Highly Variable. From 0 to 30 ish. I just bought 22 today at baen....

montsnmags · 01-12-2009, 09:19 PM

My average has worked out to about one every two months, so I just picked the "1" category.

Cheers,
Marc

Xenophon · 01-12-2009, 09:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward

Highly Variable. From 0 to 30 ish.
<SNIP>

What he said. Although I didn't buy 22 at Baen today... I picked '10' in the poll because it seemed about right. And, for lilac_jive, my book-buying budget is right around $30 or so per month. Sometimes a bit more, sometimes a bit less.

Xenophon

lilac_jive · 01-12-2009, 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Xenophon

What he said. Although I didn't buy 22 at Baen today... I picked '10' in the poll because it seemed about right. And, for lilac_jive, my book-buying budget is right around $30 or so per month. Sometimes a bit more, sometimes a bit less.

Xenophon

How do you eke 10 books from $30???

pilotbob · 01-12-2009, 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by lilac_jive

How do you eke 10 books from $30???

$30 a month doesn't mean you spend $30 each and every month. Perhaps they didn't purchase books last month, and bought 10 for $60 or so (actually at Baen I think the average price for a book is less than $6) spending the last two months budgeted amount.

BOb

lilac_jive · 01-12-2009, 10:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pilotbob

$30 a month doesn't mean you spend $30 each and every month. Perhaps they didn't purchase books last month, and bought 10 for $60 or so (actually at Baen I think the average price for a book is less than $6) spending the last two months budgeted amount.

BOb

Well I just went with what he said, average of ten books a month, $30 a month average.

I wanted to know if he was scoring some killer deals

basschick · 01-12-2009, 10:17 PM

sales and fictionwise/books on board 100% rebates should make that pretty doable.

Quote:

Originally Posted by lilac_jive

How do you eke 10 books from $30???

btw, i chose 10 ebooks a month. that might be a little low, but hey - it's an average.

i filled out the dear author survey, btw. if they're talking to publishers, i hope more women also do the survey.

pilotbob · 01-12-2009, 10:25 PM

I put 1. I probably READ about 1 a week. But, I don't buy that many. I have been reading alot of free books since getting my ebook readers.

BOb

lilac_jive · 01-12-2009, 10:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pilotbob

I put 1. I probably READ about 1 a week. But, I don't buy that many. I have been reading alot of free books since getting my ebook readers.

BOb

Yeah that's why I stuck with "buy," since there is a huge difference (especially on MR) between buying and reading ebooks.

Liviu_5 · 01-12-2009, 11:06 PM

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Originally Posted by lilac_jive

Yeah that's why I stuck with "buy," since there is a huge difference (especially on MR) between buying and reading ebooks.

It also depends on what counts as ebook buying - eg if you buy a 10$ cd with tons of classics from Munseys, or if you buy 1$ erotic classics from Olympia Press, or if you buy sf magazines like Gud, Escape Velocity, or books under 3$ from BookHabit, independent authors like Steve Jordan and such, or if you count only FW, Baen, BoB, Kindle store, Sony store...

My answer would vary greatly depending on the above in number of books, but in monetary terms probably 30$ a month on ebooks average in the 3 years since I started reading them is accurate. Though I probably spend more than 100$ a month on books total including print - only for leisure reading, exclusive of children or professional -and I get quite a few review arcs from publishers too as well as use the local library for print and e-NYPL for e-books extensively...

So a better poll would ask for monetary value, though I think such was done a while ago, but maybe a rerun would be useful

MonaLS · 01-13-2009, 12:05 AM

My average for the last 4 months is 33 a month. That does include a weeks vacation where I read a lot more than usual, some days off with a cold and some children's books.

View Poll Results: How many ebooks do you purchase each month?
1	14	13.21%
2	11	10.38%
3	12	11.32%
4	12	11.32%
5	8	7.55%
6	1	0.94%
7	1	0.94%
8	5	4.72%
9	0	0%
10	11	10.38%
11-12	6	5.66%
13-14	1	0.94%
15-20	7	6.60%
20-up	8	7.55%
<1 (by popular request)	9	8.49%
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01-12-2009, 08:05 PM	#1
lilac_jive Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,870 Karma: 27376 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Device: PRS-505	How many ebooks do you purchase each month? I saw on DearAuthor some ladies are getting together and doing a presenation on ebooks and the female market at the Tools of Change conference. Anyway I was discussing a point on percentage of purchasing amounts of those who have dedicated reading devices, and wondered how many books everyone buys on average per month. So how many do you actually purchase each month? Does not matter where, or what device you are using. (and ladies, if you want to help out this group with their research, check out this link: http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2009...comment-187489)

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01-12-2009, 08:27 PM	#2
lilac_jive Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,870 Karma: 27376 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Device: PRS-505	Oh and mods- I wasn't sure where to put this, so if it needs to be moved I'm apologize ahead of time.

01-12-2009, 08:44 PM	#3
AnemicOak Bookaholic Posts: 14,391 Karma: 54969924 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Minnesota Device: iPad Mini 4, AuraHD, iPhone XR +	Depends on what's coming out. Generally 10-12 a month, but on occasion 18-20. Most are new releases along with a few older titles that I want in e-form.

01-12-2009, 08:51 PM	#5
Greg Anos Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,248 Karma: 35000000 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: Pocketbook	Highly Variable. From 0 to 30 ish. I just bought 22 today at baen....

01-12-2009, 09:19 PM	#6
montsnmags Grand Sorcerer Posts: 10,155 Karma: 4632658 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: none	My average has worked out to about one every two months, so I just picked the "1" category. Cheers, Marc

01-12-2009, 10:25 PM	#12
pilotbob Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,832 Karma: 11844413 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Tampa, FL USA Device: Kindle Touch	I put 1. I probably READ about 1 a week. But, I don't buy that many. I have been reading alot of free books since getting my ebook readers. BOb

01-13-2009, 12:05 AM	#15
MonaLS Groupie Posts: 180 Karma: 34 Join Date: Aug 2008 Device: Kindle (Gen 1), Kindle DX, Kindle Fire, LG Enact	My average for the last 4 months is 33 a month. That does include a weeks vacation where I read a lot more than usual, some days off with a cold and some children's books.

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