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Old 09-13-2013, 04:45 PM   #34
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Originally Posted by Ninjalawyer View Post
Just like the title of the thread says, I've slowly been shifting my reading back to physical books lately. Has this been the case for anyone else?

It wasn't an intentional thing for me; over the last few months I just seem to have stopped impulse buying so many ebooks and buying more physical books. Before, if I heard about a book that sounded interesting, I would head to Kobo to check the price and see if a coupon code applied. Usually the price would be fairly low and I'd buy even where a coupon code didn't apply (it usually did). Now though, the price on Kobo and other ebook stores is typically higher than the price of the physical book, and I can't even remember the last book I wanted to buy that was eligible for a Kobo coupon.

Here's a couple recent examples:
  • The Fault in Our Stars - $15.99 for the epub (Kobo), but $10.99 for the hardcover at Costco.
The vast price difference in that book, alone, has made me shift more to physical books. I read most of my ebooks from the library, but any books I want to really OWN are the paper kind. I have a budget to consider. And the public domain sites keep me in free reading material in the meantime.
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