[Katsunami]

In the last few days, I've had the good fortune to be able to use A LOT of big Kobo codes of 65%-85%, some of them multi-use where others apparently only get one use (don't ask me why, because I don't know). Let's just say that the amount of books I bought could be called slightly disturbing. 36... Average price: €1.17. Paperback versions would have cost me €7.95.

Some points:

1. The money spent is not the problem. (It was mostly covered by an early christmas gift.)
2. All of those books were on my wishlist.
3. At one point in time, I would have bought them anyway.
4. No, I don't have buying sprees like this regularly.

Ebooks have the advantages of instant delivery and the fact that they take no space, even if you never read them, so it doesn't really matter if you buy them now and read them only after three years. (Assuming you're not going to pay full price for a very new book.)

What I was thinking however: would I have bought all of these books *in paperback*, if the price of the paperback had been €1.17?

Me, probably not. I never bought more than 5-6 (one complete series) at once.

You? Would you buy something like 36+ paperbacks at once if you:

- had the chance to get them at a price of €1.17 / $1.60...
- knew the normal price of the paperback would be €7.95 / $10.95...
- knew you would eventually end up with all of them anyway?

Have you ever bought such an amount of ebooks at once?

If you would do this or have done this with ebooks, but wouldn't with paperbacks (not even if the price was as low), then what is the reason for this difference?