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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Paid For is a good name for the category and I'll 2nd it.
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That's a good option for the name too.
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Originally Posted by caleb72
...Maybe call it something catchy but have a description. Eg. RRP (no public domain/creative commons, RRP Threshold > $5.00)...
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RRP is another good one. I was thinking something like generally above a certain price point too ($5.00, like you) but with different countries participating here I just went with adding in "generally not very cheap". But if all of you think it's better, we could add in that the book should generally be above a certain price point. Though they're not exactly equal, I think it could work to say it should be above $5/£5/€5, and that could cover the U.K., U.S., Canada, Australia and Euro countries. The dollar(/peso) sign is also used in other countries with different conversion rates, but we could just specify that we mean U.S./Canada/Australia dollars. Even if there's any confusion, $5 in the other countries I've seen would be cheaper and not more expensive so not a problem really, though there could be exceptions.
Whatever works though.
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Originally Posted by caleb72
So will it be decided on library availability instead?
It's all pretty murky really. You can still pay a reasonable recommended retail price for books that are in the public domain...
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I don't really see it as murky. You could say a free category could be murky too since you could decide to pay for a better edition of a classic.
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I'm guessing the price itself is not an issue, rather that you feel the lean towards free and cheap actually blocks out a large percentage of works which could be equally worthwhile to read and discuss.
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Well, firstly, I thought of it as sort of the opposite of a MR Library category since all those are free. That's sort of like a free free-for-all category, so this is a paid free-for-all category.
But yes, I also don't think it's a bad idea to exclude free at least one month a year so that hopefully price won't be a deciding factor for voters at least once a year.
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Originally Posted by Asawi
I've used up my votes, but I'm sort of in support of a "non-free" category. I doubt it would actually be choosen though, but I have been disappointed many months when I have seen books being choosen mainly because they are free. But really, who am I to tell people what to do and how to think and how to vote?! I'm humble enough to realize my opinions are only that: Opinions, not The Truth!
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Well, that's true, people are free to vote how they want and I've never complained about a book being chosen because it's the cheaper option. But on the same token, people are free to vote how they want, so if a non-free category is voted in, then that's what the people want. I don't see anything wrong with having one month a year where the idea is not to have "costs a normal amount" be a big detriment to a book's chances.