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Originally Posted by ATDrake
And seriously for serious, how many of you people reading this (assuming you've gotten this far and haven't just skipped to the freebie listings) would actually, if the books of an author you kind of mildly liked to read suddenly disappeared from the store you were used to buying them, would really and truly follow the author to another store just to get their books in a different and possibly incompatible-with-your-reader format?
I'm not talking about your favourites whom you'd even resort to reading in paper, but for someone new you thought was nice light fun and you might buy another if it looked good and was on sale.
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Yeah, I forget about most books if they aren't right in front of me. There's no way I would follow an author around. I'm probably crippling my library in the long run by buying exclusively from Amazon; if they go under or change their format/my reader goes out of date, I'll be SOL.
The thing is, I can't really afford to buy books. Even with coupons, I would still be spending actual money if I bought from Fictionwise or elsewhere. Amazon offers gift cards that I can get through various programs, which no other site does except Barnes & Noble, and theirs cost more.
I forget sometimes that I live in a privileged little bubble where I don't really pay for anything, compared to most other readers, especially international ones. Unfortunately I think the only way things will change is if Amazon does go out of business.
Thanks for a thought-provoking post.