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Originally Posted by benn600
I'm interested in:
1. Answer the poll.
2. For those who mainly get free content, what are your favorite sources?
3. How many hours per week do you read?
4. Do you enjoy audiobooks while reading?
5. Did you get the $150 bonus on Sony Connect? Do you spend other money on Sony Connect? How much money per month? How satisfied are you?
6. Generally, do you read mostly free and/or public domain works or do you prefer paid content?
7. Are you likely to buy new releases which are priced way out of sight--$12-$25?
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Ok, I'll bite.
1. Done
2. The usual places found here for older titles and freely released titles; e.g., creative commons, released to the wild stuff, plus usenet for PB/HB books I already own that I want digital editions of (hey, it's my ethical dilemma and I'm fine with it
).
3. Probably 2-3 hours a night, so 14-21 hours a week.
4. While I thoroughly enjoy audiobooks (been an addict for over 10 years, not recovering
), I don't listen and read at the same time since I'm in pretty deep when I'm enjoying a good read. Audiobooks, for me, are a great way of shrinking the commute time down to an enjoyable frame that I don't mind. BTW I use my iPod for this, since it has a ton more space and I can carry multiple titles of good quality.
5. I spent the $50 Connect credit on a good quantity if books, and have read several of them. I have not spent any more through Connect, since I believe their prices are way out of whack(!).
6. I prefer what I enjoy reading, where ever it may come from; i.e., free sources of PD material, creative common licenses, free use titles, pay titles, and of course, all the PB & HB titles I've purchased over the years (generally too much to carry for too long, but I hate having to get rid of any book that was interesting for me; call me a packrat).
7. Paying stupid crazy prices a digital edition is just that, just plain crazy. I will buy a physical HB or PB edition of a book before I ever pay the same price for a digital edition. I have dealt with all the price hikes on PB books over the years and refuse to succumb to the belief that they (you know who they are) can charge this for a product that costs little to nothing to produce in bulk. I cannot believe the price for PB's are up to $7-10 for a book that used to cost only $2.50-3.00 a few years back, they were pretty sneaky slowly hiking prices over the years so we wouldn't really notice it and balk at the ordeal. I used to prefer to order from book clubs, to avoid high prices or I'd pick up books with heavy discounts from discount shelves at retailers, or (and still do) grab them from the NY Times Best Seller lists so I get at least a 25-40% discount.
In my opinion, a reasonable price for digital content should:
- Never exceed the PB edition (and under no circumstances ever exceed the HB edition)
- Be at a fair discount from their PB/HB counterparts, taking into account the ratio for creating digital vs. physical content.
While publishers can charge whatever they feel their product is worth, they need to understand that consumers, for the most part, are not idiots and will call them on it if they feel they are being taken advantage of; i.e., won't buy/support their products and will let them die a short death.
Heheh, looks like I'm about ready to publish a short-story here, as it stands now, so I better quit.
One last thing... To all of the complaints/suggestions for the original post (which I didn't see since it was edited already); remember, there are no physical tones to your remarks, but there are perceived ones and it came across to me as being quite a bit on the aggresive side, which isn't good.
At least pretty up the comments with an emote so you don't alienate anyone too soon or run off people who are interested but lurking. I don't think there are any elitists here (or haven't heard any yet), so why start now? Just my impression.
