Thread: The $15 Boycott: Will you be participating?
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Old 02-09-2010, 07:44 AM   #342
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Originally Posted by bookwurm70 View Post
I don't think I've ever paid more than $15 for an ebook. Maybe I've paid $16, but that is about my limit. I know some books have been priced at $7.99 for print and $14.00 for ebooks. I won't buy those either. What I do instead is order them from PaperbackSwap.com and get them for free. You'd think the publisher would rather sell me the book for $8.00 than have me get it for free but that seems to be the choice they are making. I love PBS! It is like a legal "darknet".

I rarely buy a new paper book, certainly even more rarely a hardback, but spend a ton of money on Amazon used books from third party sellers. Neither the publisher or the author gets any benefit from that. I'd prefer an ebook and am willing to pay a reasonable price for it, but when you can buy a used paper copy for 1 cent (plus shipping) or even for $7.99 that's still a better deal than even a new $9.99 ebook but I am willing to pay that for the convenience of having it in ebook form (provided I can strip drm off of it).
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