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Originally Posted by CRussel
So far, my average cost is $2.19, primarily because fully half of them have been from free sources.
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Just as I don't count freebies in my TBR, I don't count them when calculating my average purchased ebooks costs. My average cost for bought books over my whole library is $3.01.
Hmm.. I could do it by year, too.
2002 $2.52
2003 $2.71
2004 $4.06
2005 $3.36
2006 $2.39
2007 $3.25
2008 $3.90
2009 $3.52
2010 $2.16
2011 $2.71
2012 $2.65 ($2.27 by contemporary calculation)
2013 $2.53 ($2.48 by contemporary calculation)
I think the 2010 figure is misleading because of a large number of short stories bought from Fictionwise that year. I'm not sure it actually tells us much, except that I've been buying less expensive books the past four years.
I'm pleased to say that less than half-way through the month, and my TBR is back to what it was at the start of the month! This is good, since my ebook buying is usually heavily weighted to the start of the month, that being when I count Baen Bundles, F&SF and Grantville Gazette.
Looking at bought:read I'm doing even better, as three books on my TBR were gifts!