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Old 02-23-2011, 02:12 PM   #16
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Atlas Shrugged. I can't find the price though. I think I paid something like $13 for it, but the price currently listed on Sony's store is $18.99.

I also bought Make:Electronics on sale for $9.99. I don't think I would have paid the $28 for it on non-sale. Oddly, I think if I'd been in the position to, I would have pad the $38 for the print + ebook.
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Old 02-23-2011, 02:25 PM   #17
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$15 for the E-ARC of Cryoburn by Lois McMaster Bujold (Baen).

Other than that, I've bought relatively few ebooks at relatively low prices, partly because I refuse to endorse and fund DRM when there are alternatives available.
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Old 02-23-2011, 02:47 PM   #18
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Wow, some of those are pretty pricey. I just spent $5 for Girl in the Dragon Tatoo, everything else has been less than that...a lot of indie authors and specials.
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Old 02-23-2011, 03:34 PM   #19
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Ahoy matey; I have hundreds of ebooks and never paid for any of them.
Only hundreds?

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Old 02-23-2011, 04:25 PM   #20
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Old 02-23-2011, 08:24 PM   #21
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If it counts - I paid about $140 USD for a textbook. It is for my law class and I needed it to enlarge the font. The one in the pbook was so tiny!

Not going to make it a habit, because I prefer to re-sell my textbooks. But, my old eyes are sure happier (and, I got to use the book over two semesters...).

Hmm... ghostyjack's £20 for Lord of the Rings notwithstanding, I think you are going to win the prize :-)
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Old 02-23-2011, 08:45 PM   #22
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$16 for CK-12 Chemistry, my concentration is Chemical Engineering, I love anything that has something to do with the Periodic Table... yes!!! I am a nerd.
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Old 02-23-2011, 10:50 PM   #23
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I should note that I don't condone ridiculous pricing for books, e- or p-. I only paid 17USD because there was a 100% rebate.

I also should correct my previous post: it was A Most Wanted Man, not The Mission Song, and it was merely okay.
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Old 02-24-2011, 07:19 AM   #24
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The entire Lord of the Rings collection for like $20 when it first came out in ebook form. If I brought them one at a time it would have been $10 each.
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Old 02-24-2011, 10:35 AM   #25
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Well my most expensive books have to be some of my old, out of print novels that I paid to have scanned and then spent HOURS correcting OCR errors.

Monetarily they probably cost me about $40 a book to have scanned- and then probably another 5 to 10 hours each proofreading. Heck, I'm still not done with some of them.
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Old 02-25-2011, 08:46 AM   #26
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Well I haven't bought it but saw this on The Digital Reader (Nates blog I think) Worlds most expensive ebook now on sale.

If anyone admits to buying this, then I think they will take the prize.
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Old 02-25-2011, 09:54 AM   #27
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$15 for the E-ARC of Cryoburn by Lois McMaster Bujold (Baen).
That was mine, too. I also got the e-arc of Miller and Lee's Saltation at the same price. I haven't paid above $15.00 for an e-book, and those I do buy at that price are those which rate a buy-immediately-in-hardcover under my old ranking scheme (and some of those I still buy in hardcover as well).
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Old 02-26-2011, 06:14 AM   #28
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The $32 book is still my record, but I'm now looking seriously at this little $28 number from SUNY Press.

Grrr.
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If it counts - I paid about $140 USD for a textbook. It is for my law class and I needed it to enlarge the font. The one in the pbook was so tiny!

Not going to make it a habit, because I prefer to re-sell my textbooks. But, my old eyes are sure happier (and, I got to use the book over two semesters...).

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A group of Carnegie Mellon students are creating an app to make textbooks available at low cost to students.

Check it out: http://www.indiegogo.com/ALIPT

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