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jbcohen · 12-17-2010, 01:22 PM

Now I am dating myself here in the DC Metro area when I say that I remember a time when there was a chain of book stores called Crown Books. I liked Crown who always fairly priced all of the products that they re-sold to the public. They got disbanded when the Haft family had their big falling out a few years ago and closed all of their comapnies. Crown almost always offered a discount over the publishers prices. I was dumbed when I needed to resort to Borders and Barns and Nobles in order to be able to get anything even if it was at a terrible price.

I have been bumbed by the relentless rise in book prices and have decided to draw the line at some point, I have decided to place that line at $8 and i will never pay equal to or more than the paper book price for an ebook. Thus far I have been reading a lot of great but lesser known authors such as: Andy Mc Dermott and the author that I have been reading recently Michael Walsh. Will not touch hardbacks or trade apperbacks, they cost too much.

12-17-2010, 01:22 PM	#7
jbcohen Wizard Posts: 3,032 Karma: 11196738 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Where am I? Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature edition and a Samsung S24 Ultra	Now I am dating myself here in the DC Metro area when I say that I remember a time when there was a chain of book stores called Crown Books. I liked Crown who always fairly priced all of the products that they re-sold to the public. They got disbanded when the Haft family had their big falling out a few years ago and closed all of their comapnies. Crown almost always offered a discount over the publishers prices. I was dumbed when I needed to resort to Borders and Barns and Nobles in order to be able to get anything even if it was at a terrible price. I have been bumbed by the relentless rise in book prices and have decided to draw the line at some point, I have decided to place that line at $8 and i will never pay equal to or more than the paper book price for an ebook. Thus far I have been reading a lot of great but lesser known authors such as: Andy Mc Dermott and the author that I have been reading recently Michael Walsh. Will not touch hardbacks or trade apperbacks, they cost too much.