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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
Every book I buy is brand-new to me. Whether it's E or P; backlist or new-release. When a book was first released doesn't really matter much to me and what I'm willing to pay for it. Time doesn't make a good story worth less IMO (and the story is the only part of a Book I care about). Of course I'm not looking to convert my extensive "Already Read" library to digital either, like some are. I understand wanting a better deal, I just don't understand someone thinking they're entitled to one.
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For me, I'm willing to read either paper or e-copies. When an older book is available at a used book store for two bucks or less, I hope to find an ecopy for somewhere near that price. So age of the book is a factor for me, and size is also a factor. I have a hard time paying seven or eight bucks for a decades old book that's a couple hundred pages or less, when I can get a more recently published 800 page novel for the same price. Not that it is my right to get it cheaper, it's just a factor when I'm deciding what I'm willing to pay.
I plan to pay the full $13.99 for the next Mercy Thompson book when it arrives in May. But I'm not willing to pay $13.99 for Watership Down, a book that is pushing 50 years old and that (if I didn't already have a paper copy) I could find in the quarter bin at a lot of used book stores. That's not the norm though, I don't see many older books priced that high.
I do really hope that publishers are paying close attention to the price points that people purchase the most books at. When I get an ereaderIQ note about a book that I'm following for $1.99, I don't even think about it, I just buy it. $2.99 is almost as much a no brainer. I'll happily drop $5.99 for a book thats part of a series that I'm currently reading. Much higher than that and I'll usually go find something else to read.