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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
I feel for you there. But surely, frugality in all aspects of your life is a necessity in that case? Not just ebook purchases. I was under the impression that this thread was about sending the Big 5 a message by not purchasing their ebooks. I'm saying that if I have the money to spend, I'm giving it to the Big 5 -- if they happen to be publishing the ebook I want to read.  |
TBH, I'd probably still be frugal if I was rich -- it's pretty ingrained in me (and while I appreciate your sympathy, I was more making a joke than trying to elicit the poor-mes. Maybe I should have gone with the winking smilie instead
). And my dramatic reduction in purchases year-over-year (see the post before yours) isn't about sending a message, just about meeting my reading needs with the resources I'm willing to direct that way. In that respect, we're the same. I may be off topic, but in fact I haven't bought a lot of books because of the pricing that has resulted from the switchover.
There's no law, for example, that publishers cannot discount their set prices from time to time just because they control prices instead of retailers. In theory, you could have just as many deals in an agency pricing world as not and I would be just as happy either way. In the end, I just flat can't get nearly as many now-agency books per dollar as I could before and that leads me to direct money and attention elsewhere so I can continue my reading habit apace.