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PsyDocJoanne · 10-15-2008, 01:52 PM

I've noticed that my book buying habits have changed since getting my Sony 505.

I'm much more concerned with price now than I think I was before (maybe because its so much easier to spend money when I can instantaneously download content, right from my bed

).

So I've moved away from books that I don't think are worth the money, putting them in my queue for a time when they'll go on sale or when I've built up enough FW Micropay to buy them.

I put really easy, pulpy reads into this category (like Jonathan Kellerman, Star Trek series books, Dean Koontz, and the like), and wait for them to be sub-$5. In the past, I would have forked over the $6.99 or $7.99 at the brick and mortar bookstore to get them.

Do you think that your spending habits have changed, because ebooks are so easy to get?

10-15-2008, 01:52 PM	#1
PsyDocJoanne Loves her 505 and her Z4! Posts: 157 Karma: 631 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Weston, FL Device: Sony PRS-505	Do you spend differently on ebooks vs. pbooks? I've noticed that my book buying habits have changed since getting my Sony 505. I'm much more concerned with price now than I think I was before (maybe because its so much easier to spend money when I can instantaneously download content, right from my bed ). So I've moved away from books that I don't think are worth the money, putting them in my queue for a time when they'll go on sale or when I've built up enough FW Micropay to buy them. I put really easy, pulpy reads into this category (like Jonathan Kellerman, Star Trek series books, Dean Koontz, and the like), and wait for them to be sub-$5. In the past, I would have forked over the $6.99 or $7.99 at the brick and mortar bookstore to get them. Do you think that your spending habits have changed, because ebooks are so easy to get?