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Originally Posted by ApK
Assume we're talking about a book that you are interested in buying, and if there was no paper edition to compare to, you would indeed be buying the ebook at the offered price.
Several threads about e-book vs. dead-tree-book price and value going on.
This has probably be polled before, but as the ebook/ereadrer market continues to grow and evolve, it's worth revisiting.
Please see if you can legitimately fit your opinion into one of the specified choices before choosing "Other" but if "other" it must be, please explain in a post.
Thanks!
ApK
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I recently bought
A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth, a nearly-1500 page behemoth of a novel, because as far as I could tell, it was not available as a true e-book. (likewise with all of Seth's novels).
That having been said, I still do buy both "kinds" of books. I like E-books for the reasons most people do, but there's something profoundly nostalgic yet still current to me, about a paper book. People still need 'em, and still read 'em.
When I've grown fond of a book and want to keep it, AND if it is cheaper - then paper it is.