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DiapDealer · 03-22-2015, 05:22 PM

A cheaper MMPB (new or used) is probably never going to entice me to buy it rather then the ebook. Not because I dislike pbooks that much, but because I'm in the habit of only buying a book that I'm ready to begin reading now. My TBR pile (such as it is) is almost entirely virtual--meaning I don't own many of the titles on it.

If the price of the ebook is too high* (or there's no ebook format available) at the time a title catches my interest (and I'm ready to start a new book), it's very likely to fall completely off my radar again.

Living in the boondocks (an hour or more from a quality bookstore) made me sick to death of struggling to keep a variety of pre-ordered pbooks on hand so that it never felt like I was "settling" when selecting my next book to read.

That's why I view ebooks as such a godsend: I never have to settle and I never have to plan ahead. I finish a book, I browse around for something interesting, buy it, and start reading. Because of this ability/convenience, I'm usually willing to pay new ebook price for any ebook I've never read before--regardless of when it was first published (though it's almost always less on backlist titles).

* "too high" is not something I run into very often in my fiction ereading. I was a tad uncomfortable at the $16-$18 some new ebooks were commanding a while back (but would still consider it if it was a favorite author). My new and backlist reading habits seem to have settled into a $6.99 to $11.99 per book price-range that I'm completely comfortable with.

03-22-2015, 05:22 PM	#56
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,767 Karma: 206758686 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	A cheaper MMPB (new or used) is probably never going to entice me to buy it rather then the ebook. Not because I dislike pbooks that much, but because I'm in the habit of only buying a book that I'm ready to begin reading now. My TBR pile (such as it is) is almost entirely virtual--meaning I don't own many of the titles on it. If the price of the ebook is too high* (or there's no ebook format available) at the time a title catches my interest (and I'm ready to start a new book), it's very likely to fall completely off my radar again. Living in the boondocks (an hour or more from a quality bookstore) made me sick to death of struggling to keep a variety of pre-ordered pbooks on hand so that it never felt like I was "settling" when selecting my next book to read. That's why I view ebooks as such a godsend: I never have to settle and I never have to plan ahead. I finish a book, I browse around for something interesting, buy it, and start reading. Because of this ability/convenience, I'm usually willing to pay new ebook price for any ebook I've never read before--regardless of when it was first published (though it's almost always less on backlist titles). * "too high" is not something I run into very often in my fiction ereading. I was a tad uncomfortable at the $16-$18 some new ebooks were commanding a while back (but would still consider it if it was a favorite author). My new and backlist reading habits seem to have settled into a $6.99 to $11.99 per book price-range that I'm completely comfortable with. Last edited by DiapDealer; 03-22-2015 at 05:24 PM.