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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
Agency pricing assumes ebook readers are converted hardcover readers. (After all, who else has $300 to spend on a book device?)
I think the majority of ebook readers are converted used-paperback readers, the people who are constantly looking for MORE STUFF TO READ and tired of carrying around 2-3 books at a time, and were willing to fork over $$ for a device that held them all at once. Those readers are looking for $1-5 books, and just like they were willing to scour the used book bins looking for authors they'd never heard of that sounded interesting, they're willing to crawl through book listings & take a chance based on cover art & an interesting description.
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Well, I paid $70 - a $25 gift certificate for my Kobo. I only started eReading about a month ago but I am buying and reading and checking books (eBooks, that is) out from the library more. My favorite read of the past month and 1/2 was an expensive one at $12 but well worth it,
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet. However, the runners-up are
The Other Mr. Darcy, which I got for $ 0.89 and
Galore, which I am still reading and am borrowing from the library for free.
Anyway, I am not a lost hardcover sale. I can't afford many new hardcovers. I did buy Neil Gaiman's
The Graveyard Book, new in hardcover but my habit was to check out the audiobook from the library and, if I really loved it, get a used hardcover from Amazon. I have also gotten used paperbacks from the used bookstore and some new paperbacks.
That was before I got my eReadr, though. I like the instant, from-home gratification of it and, to get back on topic, I think that $5 is right for a big-name, new release in an eBook. Everything else should be less, like $ 0.99-$2.99.