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Other than the (let's say ~10-20 a year) relatively few books that I definitely want to read, the rest of my reading (100+ books a year) is made up of books I don't know much about, other than having seen them mentioned, that they look possibly interesting, I've come across in browsing etc.
They're basically interchangeable - not in a way that I'd read any book instead, but that one cosy mystery or urban fantasy by an author I don't know is much the same as another cosy mystery or urban fantasy by an author I don't know.
Is there any particular reason to choose those at full price, rather than take advantage of those on deals and offers?
Some of them, those that have the first book on offer for a good price, I end up enjoying enough that I'll pay more (preferably with a coupon but if none is around, and I really want to read on, whatever the going price is) for the next books in the series - which is what the deal was meant to achieve.
Without using the deals, I wouldn't give any money for those authors and publishers at all. I'd choose something else that was within my budget and looked equally maybe-interesting, possibly reading more self-published books and hunting down freebies instead.
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