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Originally Posted by Salo Maa Neco
I know $25 for a book is still better value than a movie ticket, but 2.99 is even better for an eBook
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The value proposition is often the other way round when buying used, though.
I bought a good quality used hardback edition of Christopher Fowler's
The Water Room at the weekend for £0.50. On Amazon UK right now, the ebook is £4.31.
A while ago I bought a terrible tattered copy of Margaret Atwood's
The Handmaid's Tale for £0.50, followed by a much nicer copy for £0.99 before I actually got around to reading it. Current ebook price £5.72.
The number of new physical books I buy is way way down - the only ones I can think of off-hand are either nice objects in their own right, or are not available electronically - but I might very well have bought more used paper books than I have bought ebooks so far this year.