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Old 10-10-2008, 10:33 PM   #22
Xenophon
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So, yes, you have to include all the books you bought in the cost... but only amortize the full cost by books READ not books D/Led for a real cost. You would do the same thing for pbooks... Total Cost of all books / Books Read. To me that is the more interesting number...

Am I babbling?
Nope, you're not babbling. But for many of us the ratio of "eBooks Read" to "eBooks Purchased" is very close to 1.0. In my case, it's within one or two percent. So it was easier to compute using books purchased.

I did notice, however, that I forgot to include the cost of my late great REB1100 eBook reader (given to my niece when I upgraded to the PRS500). With that included, my per-book cost is closer to $3.00.

On the other hand, I haven't included re-reading either, so...

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