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Old 09-05-2019, 10:08 PM   #671
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Originally Posted by crossi View Post
I support authors by buying a LOT of books not just a few high priced ones. I'm a fast reader. I have frequently bought 10 books in a single week and read them all. One a day is quite common for me. At that rate paying hardback prices is not possible except for the very rare book I have to have Right Now. Anyway what would an author prefer, that I should buy one of their books for $15 or all thirty or forty of their books for $5 each? If they are a one book wonder, yeah maybe they should go for the $15, but if they write a lot go for the maximum number of sales to better spread word about their books and get even more customers.

Also there is the point that back when I was buying paper books, perhaps one in ten of those I bought turned out to be keepers. The rest were just chaff I had to go through to find the books I really liked. Wasted money. No way was I going to waste hardback money on the one in ten odds of getting a keeper. And now I can't even trade in or donate the chaff. I'm just stuck with them.
I have enjoyed following this conversation and it is stimulating to watch different sides hash it out. We know arguments don't usually change anyone's habits but it is satisfying to bring one's argument to its logical conclusion.

That being said, anyone else think of "Animorphs" when Crossi said they read up to ten books a week? I love it when people say things like that! I know many people do read that much but it is so far outside my own experience that my mind goes straight to "Animorphs" and "Boxcar Children" haha.
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