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01-17-2013, 12:04 AM | #17 |
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01-17-2013, 02:58 AM | #18 |
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I've almost never paid $14.99 for a ebook. Not fiction anyways. I try to get them for $8 or $9 plus the 40% off coupon from Kobo.
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01-17-2013, 04:00 AM | #19 |
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Is that like an academic treatise? They are often more expensive since their sales are limited to those with specific interest in the subject.
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01-17-2013, 04:51 AM | #20 |
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If it's an academic or scientific book, it will allways be quite expensive since there are only a few copies of the printed book. You can easilily go to a library and get your copy there if you're interested in such books. That's the reason why libraries exist..
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01-17-2013, 07:13 AM | #21 | |
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However, I also "buy" a lot of ebooks. But my top price is $4.99 and I rarely spend more than $2.99 for an ebook. Of the ebooks I "buy", 90%+ cost zero dollars. Then if I read an ebook by an author and find that I really enjoy the ebook and the ebook's quality, I will then buy subsequent ebooks by the author or in the series at prices up to $4.99. I see no reason to pay more than that for an ebook. |
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01-17-2013, 07:39 AM | #22 |
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I really have no set limit for nonfiction. It depends on the book. For a lot of nonfiction the paper version works best so I buy that.
For a backlist non-omnibus novel my limit for an ebook is $6.99. Especially if I'm just replacing the paper version since I already bought it once. I might go higher than $10 for a new release if I desperately wanted to read it RIGHT NOW and I hadn't anything else I wanted to read. It hasn't happened yet, but I suppose it might be remotely possible. Right now I'm trying to work through my several hundred already paid for books that I haven't had time to read and only really good prices tempt me to buy now instead of putting them on a wish list to buy later. |
01-17-2013, 10:17 AM | #23 |
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01-17-2013, 11:38 AM | #24 |
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On the other hand... As ereaders become cheaper and more alluring to the most casual reader, someone who only reads new releases or a few books a year, price isn't much of an issue.
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01-17-2013, 11:46 AM | #25 |
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01-17-2013, 11:49 AM | #26 |
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01-17-2013, 11:49 AM | #27 |
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That's because it's only currently out in hardback. The price will fall when the paperback is released. As a rule, though, non-fiction does tend to be more expensive than fiction. It's a much smaller market.
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01-17-2013, 11:57 AM | #29 |
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I will not pay more than $3.99 for a fiction ebook. That's just my ceiling and I am not going over it. I will pay more for a non-fiction book, however. Since I am reading a lot of non-fiction books about The Civil War and various books on Native Americans this year, I have paid up to $14.99 for some of the Shelby Foote books regarding The Civil War.
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01-17-2013, 12:00 PM | #30 |
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It's your personal choice, of course, but that does seem to be placing a very low value on the work involved in writing a book. That's about a third the price of a typical paperback in the UK.
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