I haven't kept track, but there have been a number of books I didn't buy because of price. $9.99 is my upper limit (and I'm not that stingy with my upper limit--I probably bought nine or ten $9.99 books in December, for instance). I didn't buy any of Tana French's books last year, for instance, even though I wanted badly to read them. The first one--of three so far in the series--is STILL $14.99. I put it on hold at the library months ago, and I'm just now finally reading it, but I'll take waiting over paying $14.99 for a nearly 4-year-old release. I know "In the Woods" was hardly an exception; the others just aren't coming right to mind at the moment. There was definitely more than a handful of books I skipped buying, and they were all agency.
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