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Originally Posted by pilotbob
... ie you read public domain or darknet (please don't) ebooks then the reader will pay for itself quickly and will cost you less in the long run than paying $8+ for each book.
But, being pragmatic I think most readers want to read contemporary content so will be buying ebooks.
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Let's assume you pay $8 per ebook. Let's also assume the same pbook as paperback is about $11 (just making up numbers). Then the difference is $3 saved per book. To get into the price range of an average ereader, again, let's assume a price of $300 (neither the cheapest nor the most expensive device), I would have to read 100 books to break even.
Another assumption/experience: I'm not the fastest reader (well, I read fast enough, but don't get to read often enough or for prolonged periods). I read a book within 1-3 months. I guess I'm somewhere around 3-5 books a year. Even if I mix public domain with contemporary content it'll take a very long time to break even. So I certainly will buy a new reader before my reader paid off.
So at least for me, reading on ereaders is the most expensive "reading experience" I can have. But I still love it.
Just take the looks from people looking at you.... "is this an Ipad?" "no, it isn't"...."is it a small PC?" ...."What, this thing is a book???"
