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Old 05-23-2013, 11:37 PM   #34
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Originally Posted by Katsunami View Post
Kobo and other EPUB-sellers are not always cheaper.

However, I greatly prefer EPUB over AZW(3) or MOBI. Even if the EPUB-sellers are more expensive, they stand a chance to sell a book to me, if the price difference is not too great.

For example, let's say I want to buy a series that consists of 5 books. Kobo, or another EPUB retailer sells them for €4.99 a piece, for a total of €24.95. Amazon has a bundle, for a price of €23.15 (after converting from $ to €). Then I would still go for the EPUBs.

If Amazon would sell the bundle for €19.95 or even less, then I'd start thinking aboutu buying there, and then just convert the AZW into EPUB, and use the converted file as my base format.

Yeah, you've seen that right; having a book as an original EPUB is worth about a €1 price premium per book, for me. If it's more than that, then I start looking at the Amazon offerings. It doesn't matter too much for me, as I don't buy hundreds and hundreds of books a year. Because I also read free classics, I buy around 30-40 books a year; at most.
May I ask why you give EPUB such premium? Thanks.
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