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Old 01-02-2021, 04:36 PM   #216
ottdmk
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I have to admit, I miss p-book sales sometimes. I used to buy a lot of books off of Chapters' regular "buy 3 get the 4th free" sales... which had the advantage of being store-wide.

Still, I like Agency. IMHO Agency is the only thing stopping an Amazon monopsony in the ebook space, and, for the most part, prices for the ebooks I want to buy are consistently a bit cheaper than the price for the closest paper format (MMPB often, TPB growing lately.)

In addition, sales, when they do happen from the publishers, can be astonishing. I picked up every Jim Butcher book I didn't own already in epub for $2.99 per book. Even Battle Ground, which, at the time of the sale, hadn't been released yet.

Yesterday, a four-book bundle of Sarah J. Maas' work went on sale for $3.99. ($3.59 with Kobo VIP.) It's back to the regular price now... $46.43 with the VIP discount. (You can still get the sale @ Amazon Canada if you're interested.)

All told, I'm happy with the current situation. I'm spending about the same as I would have for p-books, in a format that I greatly prefer, and sometimes, I'm paying a lot, lot less. (I would never have gotten Butcher's library for $2.99 a pop in the p-book realm. Never, ever happen.)
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