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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
Whether I'd bite depends on content, not price. I have more books now than I have time to read, so new acquisitions have to be fairly compelling. The question isn't "How cheap is it?", it's "How badly do I want to read it?" If I'm unlikely to ever get around to reading a book, there's no particular point in getting it, regardless of the price.
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That's part of the reason I have hardly bought books this year (though, there's a new book coming out next week, that I'll certainly get, even though I've more than enough books to read....)
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Originally Posted by GreenMonkey
30s, like me. Trust me. It's not hard to google something plus the word torrent and download it.
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I've tried... And failed... And then gave up.
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Originally Posted by GreenMonkey
Given my budget, I can make time. I can't make a whole lot of extra money. I already work some overtime, and I've got kids. Only so many hours. But I can crunch a few books on calibre while the kids are watching Dora or playing or whatever, from time to time.
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I never liked automatic conversions. They usually don't look as I want them to. And how can yo make time if you work whole weeks, have kids and even work overtime?
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Originally Posted by GreenMonkey
I dunno, I always have plenty of time to finish books, but I read a couple of pages a minute. If I don't have class, I can read 2-3 books a week, just in my spare minutes. More if I'm cutting TV watching time or video game time out to read instead.
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Again, how do you do that? I don't have kids, I work no overtime, and still I hardly have time to read during the week!
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Originally Posted by GreenMonkey
And you're surely in the minority with having a giant excess to read. I think most of us big reader (non-casual) types are more budget constrained than time constrained, considering books (especially ebooks) are like $8 a pop. Price matters. Lower price will generally mean higher volume for a reason.
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I'm more time constrained than budget... Not being able to buy due to my location does help with the budget, naturally...