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Originally Posted by HarryT
I buy mostly "backlist" ebooks from Amazon UK, and on average pay between half and two thirds the price of the equivalent paperback, which seems reasonable enough to me. Eg nearly all of Dick Francis' ebooks are £3.99, compared to £7.99 for the paperback, so the ebook is half the price of the paperback.
If you wait a year or two after the initial release of a book (and goodness knows my "TBR" list is long enough to make that no hardship), the ebook price generally falls significantly.
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I’m still trying to complete my Dick Francis collection, I paid around $4.99 for most (other than the ones purchased when first released). Unfortunately many of them still aren’t available in the US store. To finish the collection I would be happy to pay at least the full print book price. The paper versions are showing extreme signs of wear and some are even falling apart!
I have alerts for favourite authors and will buy when their books are reduced to a price I am willing to pay. Other times I will buy something I really want to read despite the price. I recently purchased a series I wanted to read again in print and have hated the size and weight (1000+ pages each). So although the production costs are not there I find the ebooks to be worth more to me in some cases.