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Although not due to desire or intent, I am going back to paper more and more. If you told me a year ago this would be the case, I would've said you were crazy.
The reason is simply because e-book prices have gone up...
- A larger percentage of new releases are now over $9.99
- A larger percentage are within $1 of the discounted paperback price. (I refuse to pay paper prices for ebooks as they can't be passed along).
So I hold off purchasing until the e-book is less than $10 and is at least $1 off the discounted paper price.
While waiting for the ebook price to drop, I often find the paper version goes bargain priced or can be found on the secondary market (in new/like new condition). That's if I don't lose interest in the meantime.
...when the paper version drops well below the ebook price -or- vice versa, I buy whichever is cheaper. I think I'm probably now buying more paper than ebooks.
So the paper doesn't pile up, I'm trying to discipline my behavior by reading paper books on the weekends when I am home and ebooks during the week.
Last edited by Boston; 03-06-2010 at 11:19 PM.
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