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zelda_pinwheel · 07-16-2009, 12:24 PM

for me, yes and no. before getting a liseuse, i purchased mostly used books, but the vast majority of my reading came from the library. partly because of a lack of space to store all my books, partly because books are expensive, and if i had to pay for every single one i read, i'd have gone broke. and i would say the majority of my paperbooks i bought used.

now that i've got a liseuse, i fall a bit too easily prey to the facility and convenience of buying books online, particularly when the books are very cheap or on sale (fictionwise is really not good for my budget) but on the other hand i've been reading a lot of free classics from here, feedbooks, ebooks libres et gratuits, etc.

i never was a hardcover buyer, and i certainly won't pay a hardcover price for an ebook either ; however, if i'm really impatient to read it, i might get it from the library rather than waiting, in which case the chances of me ever buying the book at any price are drasticaclly decreased. so keeping the ebook edition back and pricing it too high are both practices which will result in losing my (potential) custom, anyway.

edit : sorry, i was referring to your previous question, whether i buy more or less than before.

07-16-2009, 12:24 PM	#45
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	for me, yes and no. before getting a liseuse, i purchased mostly used books, but the vast majority of my reading came from the library. partly because of a lack of space to store all my books, partly because books are expensive, and if i had to pay for every single one i read, i'd have gone broke. and i would say the majority of my paperbooks i bought used. now that i've got a liseuse, i fall a bit too easily prey to the facility and convenience of buying books online, particularly when the books are very cheap or on sale (fictionwise is really not good for my budget) but on the other hand i've been reading a lot of free classics from here, feedbooks, ebooks libres et gratuits, etc. i never was a hardcover buyer, and i certainly won't pay a hardcover price for an ebook either ; however, if i'm really impatient to read it, i might get it from the library rather than waiting, in which case the chances of me ever buying the book at any price are drasticaclly decreased. so keeping the ebook edition back and pricing it too high are both practices which will result in losing my (potential) custom, anyway. edit : sorry, i was referring to your previous question, whether i buy more or less than before.