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Originally Posted by Katsunami
Even going with the lower price of $14, many people don't have the money to spend $14 per three days on books. That would be $1700 a year.
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That would be more than half of median world per capita annual income.
But even if the price is halved, and the number of books purchased is halved, the average person on this planet (median per capita worldwide annual income is about $3,000) can't reasonably afford to buy new books. Even for the average English-literate person (think India, Pakistan, Nigeria, and Bangladesh) new books, as a personal purchase, will continue to be a luxury item. Other than by governmental aid to libraries, I don't see how that threat to freedom to read can be avoided.
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Originally Posted by Katsunami
That reading colleague is of the opinion that he reads a lot (about one book per month), and even he is not interested in buying any, not even when 75% Kobo codes are available. "Why pay? I'll just torrent them."
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Good story. The discount gotten by piracy is 100 percent regardless of the price charged by an authorized reseller, so lower eBook prices would only reduce piracy slightly.
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Originally Posted by Catlady
How many people do you think buy and read a book every three days?
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I agree with your general perspective, but: What percentage of books people start do they finish? If less than 50 percent, a book every three days would be more common than you think.