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Originally Posted by speakingtohe
I would be totally flabbergasted to find that the number of people who buy more than 100 books a year actually buy more books in total than the people who buy 5 books a year or even those who only buy 4.
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Huh? I think something is garbled here.
Are you saying that the people who buy 100+ books a year are buying 5 new and 95+ used? Well, then don't you think that they could be enticed to buy new e-books instead of used paper books if the price was a little more reasonable? And that means the publisher taps into a new market.
I know I'd much rather have an e-book than a tattered x-lib hardcover, but if the hardcover is a buck, and the e-book is $12.99, well ...
It's exactly because some of us buy a lot of books that the price is important. If I buy 5 books a year, so what if they cost $5 or $10 or $15? That highest price is only a $50 difference over the course of the year. But if I'm buying 100 books a year, the difference is $1000. That matters.