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Originally Posted by kilron
...why would someone pay $300 to save money on books? publishers most likely fully believe that the number of people that buy eBook readers with the expressed plan of saving money on books has got to be miniscule. that's just not the prime motivation of buyers.
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Originally Posted by guyanonymous
I bought my reader at $125 US (plus shipping)...that worked for me. I justified it by the free books I'd get via P.G.
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I have no idea how many people are like me. I'm sure that many early adopters just want to own the latest toy. But I figured that my eBook reader would pay for itself with 8 public domain books which I intended to read anyway.
Your $300 figure might be high, but I can imagine that many purchasers of 5" screen models figured that their device would pay for itself in a year or two's time.
In the fall there was a thread about a survey that said that most Americans would wait to buy until eBook readers cost $50. I have to think that those were people who don't read very much. Typical Americans! And I suspect that they were thinking to themselves how low the price would have to be before the device paid for itself, given the amount of reading they do.