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Originally Posted by Worldwalker
As far as the ebooks vs. hardcovers issue, I have to wonder what percentage of the market is people who read, say, six books a year, and are going to read six books a year if those books cost $25 or $2.50, and what percentage is people like me (and I would suspect most of MR), who read at least a book a week, and are therefore far more price-driven on our buying?
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I have found my bookbuying habit has changed, but not in the fashion you suggest. Like you, I read at least 1 book a week. I often start several books only to find that say 2 of 3 aren't worth spending any time reading.
But I do not find myself price-driven except on the ebook side. For example, yesterday I spent over $200 at my local B&N on hardcovers -- I found books that interested me and I bought them, not thinking about price. But I am price conscious/driven when it comes to ebooks, primarily because I buy only fiction ebooks and from authors with whom I have no familiarity. (Fiction authors whom I like, such as David Weber and LE Modesitt, Jr., I buy their new releases in hardcover, not in ebook form.) On these authors, I am unwilling to gamble large sums.
So I'm not sure how much amount of reading correlates with price-driven buying. I would think there is a stronger correlation between unknown authors and price-driven buying and between fiction (vs. nonfiction) and price-driven buying.