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Originally Posted by banjomike
Waterstones in the UK are running a survey on book and ebook purchasing.
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I found it interesting to fill in. But their target audience must be very different to me. I mean "In the last 12 months roughly how many books have you bought for yourself (including eBooks and audiobooks)?" with a maximum answer in the pop-up being 13+!
I didn't realise it was a pop-up, and so I looked it up in by email archives. Umm... 300+?
I think I could be interested in a subscription to 'so many books per month or per year'. But it would have to be at a significant discount to the retail price if I'm going to commit a definite amount of money to them for a year or more.
After all, but waiting at fictionwise for discounts, by average ebook price is under $3.50. So I'd want to see the per-book cost of the subscription package at Waterstones be about that much. So perhaps £2.50 per book. (including VAT). I think that's about what I put in the survey.
Of course, rental is worth much less. I reckoned around £1 per rental was reasonable, and that £0.50 would be a bargain.