Valuing Books at the Sony Store

sirmaru · 03-19-2010, 09:04 PM

I have a Wish List of 44 books at the Sony Store all about equally of interest to me. They range in price from $ 7.59 (The World's Religions) to $ 67.43 (The Branch Davidians of Waco).

To value them for purchases I've entered all titles in an Excel spreadsheet showing: Name, Price, Size (Mb) and Price/Mb.

Then I sort them by Price/Mb. Now they range in Price/Mb from $ 0.96 (The Singularity is Near) to $ 77.26 (Capitalism and the Jews).

I willl buy the cheapest Price/Mb first and then read them in order adding new books as I hear about them and resorting.

My theory is that I am paying for the most reading time per buck. Thus, Price/Mb is a fair value to decide on purchases of books of equal interest to me.

colleenFL · 03-19-2010, 10:05 PM

That's an interesting way to decide reading order. I tend to just read whatever catches my attention at the moment.

grooks · 03-19-2010, 11:01 PM

An ebook will be more 'Mb' if it has lots of pictures. Does this factor into your equation?

tulsa · 03-20-2010, 07:38 AM

I usually start 4 or 5 books at once. Whichever one captures my attention, I read that one first. When I'm done with that one, I do the same thing over again.
The system gets jacked when I hit on a series that I really like. Then I have to read them in order.

Bltprf502 · 03-21-2010, 03:27 PM

Man, I wish I had that much time and discipline. If I didn't fly a lot, I would get to read much. Seems like a lot of PRS-900 owner on this post.

03-19-2010, 09:04 PM	#1
sirmaru Wizard Posts: 2,426 Karma: 6561538 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: Kindle PW 2013, HDX 2013, Galaxy S5 2014	Valuing Books at the Sony Store I have a Wish List of 44 books at the Sony Store all about equally of interest to me. They range in price from $ 7.59 (The World's Religions) to $ 67.43 (The Branch Davidians of Waco). To value them for purchases I've entered all titles in an Excel spreadsheet showing: Name, Price, Size (Mb) and Price/Mb. Then I sort them by Price/Mb. Now they range in Price/Mb from $ 0.96 (The Singularity is Near) to $ 77.26 (Capitalism and the Jews). I willl buy the cheapest Price/Mb first and then read them in order adding new books as I hear about them and resorting. My theory is that I am paying for the most reading time per buck. Thus, Price/Mb is a fair value to decide on purchases of books of equal interest to me.

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colleenFL Groupie Posts: 169 Karma: 44716 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Florida, USA Device: PW3, PW1, Kobo N647, Sony PRS-600, Sony PRS-300, various tablets	That's an interesting way to decide reading order. I tend to just read whatever catches my attention at the moment.

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grooks Wizard Posts: 1,326 Karma: 30250 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Fort Myers, FL Device: Pocketbook Era, Kobo Forma	An ebook will be more 'Mb' if it has lots of pictures. Does this factor into your equation?

03-20-2010, 07:38 AM	#4
tulsa Zealot Posts: 135 Karma: 488 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Tulsa, OK, USA Device: Kindle 2, Sony PRS 900	I usually start 4 or 5 books at once. Whichever one captures my attention, I read that one first. When I'm done with that one, I do the same thing over again. The system gets jacked when I hit on a series that I really like. Then I have to read them in order.

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Bltprf502 Enthusiast Posts: 40 Karma: 110 Join Date: Mar 2010 Device: Sony PRS-300S (GONE), Samsung Galaxy Tab, Kindle 3	Man, I wish I had that much time and discipline. If I didn't fly a lot, I would get to read much. Seems like a lot of PRS-900 owner on this post.

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