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GlenBarrington · 01-24-2018, 06:52 PM

Well, I can't speak for "the industry" but I can speak to how I buy books. I estimate 90% of my purchases are ebooks from Amazon, the remaining 10% is from other vendors who offer Kindle support.

I won't pay $8.00 US for an ebook book, and I sure as hell won't pay between $16.00 and $25.00 for a current book from an "established" author. It just won't happen. It's like I, and those authors, are living on different planets. Or maybe different universes.

I rarely pay even $5.00 for a book unless it's an author I really like. $3.00 is probably what I pay most often.

I rely on Kindle unlimited for most of my eBook reading. Yes, there is some real crap in the KU catalogue, but MOST of the stuff I have selected so far has been first rate.

01-24-2018, 06:52 PM	#3
GlenBarrington Cheese Whiz Posts: 1,986 Karma: 11677147 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Springfield, Illinois Device: Kindle PW, Samsung Tab A 10.1(2019), Pixel 6a.	Well, I can't speak for "the industry" but I can speak to how I buy books. I estimate 90% of my purchases are ebooks from Amazon, the remaining 10% is from other vendors who offer Kindle support. I won't pay $8.00 US for an ebook book, and I sure as hell won't pay between $16.00 and $25.00 for a current book from an "established" author. It just won't happen. It's like I, and those authors, are living on different planets. Or maybe different universes. I rarely pay even $5.00 for a book unless it's an author I really like. $3.00 is probably what I pay most often. I rely on Kindle unlimited for most of my eBook reading. Yes, there is some real crap in the KU catalogue, but MOST of the stuff I have selected so far has been first rate. Last edited by GlenBarrington; 01-24-2018 at 06:55 PM.