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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
Anyone who thinks that books are entirely a niche good is getting stats from people who read less than five books a year. The rest of us read what's available in our budget.
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I'm not sure how true that actually is. I probably read something of the order of 100 books in an average year (10 so far this month). For me, the time I have available to read is more valuable than the price of the book and, although my tastes fortunately don't run to $1000 limited editions, I am price-insensitive in as much as I'm not really bothered whether a book costs me £3 or £10. I buy what I know that I'll enjoy reading; I don't base my buying choice on price. I'm sure that I'm not alone in that - many people are probably in a similar position to me: reasonable amount of disposible income, limited time to read, reading choice based on quality, not price.