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Originally Posted by HarryT
This forum, however, illustrates that there's a sizeable proportion of books buyers for whom price is not particularly a consideration. And if the people who are actually buying books are OK with the prices, the publisher probably has little to worry about. People who are not buying books don't really enter into the picture.
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This is a great board Harry. I'm glad I found it. But its total membership probably amounts to a fraction of a fraction of 1% of the book buying public. I don't want to generalize from the particular either but comparing the conversation on here with conversations in the real world I'd say that, unsurprisingly, there is a much higher percentage of bibliophiles on here than the rest of the population, and even on here that opinion is not monolithic.
There are many members here who have stated that price is a consideration. How do you think the millions who just buy a paperback at the airport or browse to Amazon to get a book feel? They still buy books, but price is a consideration. And people who don't buy books are the reason all those returns go back to the publishers, so they do enter into the picture I'm afraid.