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sufue · 03-16-2016, 01:08 PM

Open Road seems to have three price points in the US:

$1.99 - short term special sale (which, to their credit, they do a fair amount of, sometimes even blocks of books in a series)
$4 - $6 - some backlist that they have had out for a long time in their editions
$7 - $10 - newer titles (to them) just issued, even if very old backlist in the paper world

I tend to wait for a good coupon (aaaah, for the days of multi-tabbing at Kobo) or for the short term special sales to fill in backlist titles since I'm usually looking to replace DTB, and I won't spend more than about $3 ($4 max for really favorite books) to replace a paper book.

Otherwise, to read or re-read, a lot of their titles are available at the three public libraries I belong to, or I get my old DTB scanned and read as pdf (resulting in no income to Open Road).

The series I'd really like to get titles in right now is their recently released and coming editions of the Mr. and Mrs. North series by Richard and Frances Lockridge, but at $10-ish each, I'll be waiting for the $1.99 sales, especially since I already have pdf scans of almost all.

03-16-2016, 01:08 PM	#286
sufue lost in my e-reader... Posts: 8,147 Karma: 64613820 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: sunny southern California, USA Device: Android phone, Sony T1, Nook ST Glowlight, Galaxy Tab 7 Plus	Open Road seems to have three price points in the US: $1.99 - short term special sale (which, to their credit, they do a fair amount of, sometimes even blocks of books in a series) $4 - $6 - some backlist that they have had out for a long time in their editions $7 - $10 - newer titles (to them) just issued, even if very old backlist in the paper world I tend to wait for a good coupon (aaaah, for the days of multi-tabbing at Kobo) or for the short term special sales to fill in backlist titles since I'm usually looking to replace DTB, and I won't spend more than about $3 ($4 max for really favorite books) to replace a paper book. Otherwise, to read or re-read, a lot of their titles are available at the three public libraries I belong to, or I get my old DTB scanned and read as pdf (resulting in no income to Open Road). The series I'd really like to get titles in right now is their recently released and coming editions of the Mr. and Mrs. North series by Richard and Frances Lockridge, but at $10-ish each, I'll be waiting for the $1.99 sales, especially since I already have pdf scans of almost all. Last edited by sufue; 03-16-2016 at 01:14 PM.