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(For me, James Bond novels conjure the image of unshaven people in hospital gowns reading mass-market paperbacks on institutional sofas while mumbling mathematical formulas to themselves, but for the rest of you, enjoy.)
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I have a PhD in Political Science and I own all of the novels, except for the most recent one which has not received good reviews. They are good, escapist fun. They tend to be very different from the movies. The characters are well developed and grow throughout the series.
But I enjoy reading that type of thing. It is a nice break from more academic or serious reading.
As for the pricing, I would pay $5 for a Bond novel in e-book form. I won't pay $10. I have them in paper back. They are light and easy to re-read in that format if I want to. I would prefer to have them as an e-book.
Someone asked why Amazon does not sell in EPub. I think it would be brilliant if Amazon sold books in non-DRMed EPub. That would require that the Publishers allowed non-DRMed e-books be sold, but most do not. Amazon does not want to pay Adobe to use the Adobe DRM that is read on the EPub readers so Amazon does not sell DRMed EPub.