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Old 05-03-2011, 06:23 PM   #58
tompe
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Originally Posted by rhadin View Post
Astra, I think that is a nonsense statement. Would you spend $70 on an ebook even if the summary was interesting but the author was wholly unknown to you? Based on your statement, you would because price is immaterial. I read a lot of books every year and buy significantly more than I can read, but I wouldn't even look at the synopsis of a $70 novel from an unknown author -- I would immediately pass the book by based on its price alone.
It is the text and the time it cost to read that is interesting. So the answer here is that the book could cost $1 instead of $70 and I would not buy it if I was not going to read it. And to decide to read it I need more informations.
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