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Originally Posted by tompe
I will prefer a more expensive book since if it is cheap you can suspect that the book is not so good since they have to compete using price.
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What a strange approach! Amazon, not known for their altruistic bent, has many great books
free... because they're the first of a series and it's the entry drug to get you to buy more. Oh, and some mediocre ones, but I've
paid for lots of mediocre books too.
Riddle me this: Are you four times more entertained,
a week later, reading a fantastic $12 book than a decent or average $3 book of the same length? Assuming neither one is an abject disaster (which has been my experience with expensive books as often as with cheap; disaster is so often a matter of taste), is it the
pleasure-meter rating that matters, or is it more the
quantity of hours enjoyably (non-negative) whiled away that matters?
In my case, I don't tend to reminisce about any one book much, so the relaxing passage of time is more a goal than an epiphany... no fiction authors can provide me an epiphany anyhow.