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catsittingstill · 03-17-2010, 10:01 PM

The "Agency" system won't affect my buying habits. The price of e-books will.

I'm on a budget and very price sensitive. There are a handful of authors (Bujold pops to mind) for which I would swallow hard, and pay full hardback prices. But for most authors I won't. If e-books aren't cheaper than the paper book, I won't be buying them.

I just went over and bought 2 books from Baen; they were 6$ each and they don't have DRM. That's the kind of price I can afford. But I don't think I'm going to be buying many 15$ McMillans.

Maybe the McMillan price really will drop when the books go to paperback. Wake me in a year and we'll check together, okay?

In the meantime, there are lovely Mobileread and Manybooks classics, promotional freebies and the Baen Free Library.

03-17-2010, 10:01 PM	#94
catsittingstill Guru Posts: 643 Karma: 551634 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Kindle 1.0.8, iPod Touch, Kindle Keyboard	The "Agency" system won't affect my buying habits. The price of e-books will. I'm on a budget and very price sensitive. There are a handful of authors (Bujold pops to mind) for which I would swallow hard, and pay full hardback prices. But for most authors I won't. If e-books aren't cheaper than the paper book, I won't be buying them. I just went over and bought 2 books from Baen; they were 6$ each and they don't have DRM. That's the kind of price I can afford. But I don't think I'm going to be buying many 15$ McMillans. Maybe the McMillan price really will drop when the books go to paperback. Wake me in a year and we'll check together, okay? In the meantime, there are lovely Mobileread and Manybooks classics, promotional freebies and the Baen Free Library.