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Originally Posted by crossi
When you have a large backlog of bought but not yet read books why buy immediately when there is a good chance that by the time you are ready to read it you can buy it for much less? There are not a lot of books I need to read right now no matter what the price.
As for those who say they are price agnostic, that is obviously untrue. Even if they are like the average reader and only read 5 books a year and so don't mind paying full hardback prices (Unlike those who read a book a day), so they are OK with new hard back prices, say $25. What if they raised it to $50 for the same book? Or $100? Eventually those "agnostics" are going to say it's too much even for only 5 books.
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But book prices don't double like that. Prices go up gradually, and each increase is small enough as to be relatively meaningless. I do think a little bit about $25 for a hardback, but I'll still buy it if it's a book I want to keep. I have a couple of preorders in right now that are over $25 each.