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Old 10-05-2011, 12:42 AM   #10
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Originally Posted by apbschmitz View Post
War and Peace, 1100 pages. Say you read it at 50 pages/hour, so 22 hours of entertainment. At $10 that's 45 cents per hour. Of course War and Peace is free at the Gutenberg Project, so it's not the greatest point of reference. How about Matterhorn, the recent Vietnam novel? 600+ pages, 12 hours of reading, 83 cents per hour. A much better deal in terms of cost per hour than a movie, a bottle of beer, a cup of coffee or just about anything else short of sitting in the sun on a park bench.

i tend to agree. i could go pay $60 for an xbox game and be done with it in 5 hours. pound for pound books are still the best value for your entertainment dollar.

of course people will look for the best price but with ebooks theres something for every budget.
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