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Originally Posted by pdurrant
I'm generally unwilling to pay more than $5 for a fiction ebook.
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But perhaps I'm just cheap. How much do you pay for your fiction reading?
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Price is not a concern of mine (within limits, I'm not willing to pay $60 for a fiction book, for example); if it's a book I want, I'll buy it. Fortunately, I can afford that.
I love books and I know how little most authors make, so, yeah, I'd feel a bit cheap if I tried to pay as as little as possible for a book. But, most importantly, I don't want to miss out on a good book just because it costs 17.99 instead of 4.99. My time is worth more than that to me; I'd rather read the book I want to read than a cheaper one just because it's cheaper.
Reading isn't about filling up my time. Taking into account what a cup of coffee costs today, I think that $5 for a new book is pretty low; it somehow devalues the medium, IMHO.
I know that here on Mobileread a lot of people buy their books like you do ($5 and lower, see this thread) and of course that's fine. It's better to read
something than to not read at all -- and there's certainly enough free classics to last anyone's lifetime.
But when I choose a book, price isn't something I look at. At all.
Matt