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Old 07-12-2011, 08:57 AM   #16
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Shoot, you KNOW I bought it. I would have paid hardcover price without blinking just for the convenience of not having to carry a 1000 page book around...
Yes imagine hauling around on that hardback . Must be really awkward to hold in the hands as well. That is not something I would have enjoyed.
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Old 07-12-2011, 08:59 AM   #17
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Interesting. Kobo has it for (CDN)$ 9.99 with list price of $35.

I'm not used to seeing the Canadian price cheaper.
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I'll wait. I'm sure my library will have the ebook in a month or two.
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Old 07-12-2011, 09:20 AM   #19
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There are no pages in an ebook.
Perhaps I should say a 2,06 MB book , that's quite a lot of text
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Old 07-12-2011, 09:22 AM   #20
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Interesting. Kobo has it for (CDN)$ 9.99 with list price of $35.
I'm not used to seeing the Canadian price cheaper.
That's a good price compared to the U.S one. Isn't the Canadian currency lower than the U.S (that would make it even cheaper) for someone in the U.S buying it from Canada instead.
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Interesting. Kobo has it for (CDN)$ 9.99 with list price of $35.

I'm not used to seeing the Canadian price cheaper.
Amazon in Canada is also $9.99...I just bought it
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Old 07-12-2011, 09:54 AM   #22
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Amazon in Canada is also $9.99...I just bought it
Had Random House not joined the Agency last March, it would probably have been at $9.99 in the US as well. A warm thanks to Mr. Jobs for that particular "innovation..."
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Old 07-12-2011, 09:56 AM   #23
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That's a good price compared to the U.S one. Isn't the Canadian currency lower than the U.S (that would make it even cheaper) for someone in the U.S buying it from Canada instead.
No, Canadian dollar has been running around $1.03 USD recently. And hasn't been significantly below the US dollar in several years.
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Old 07-12-2011, 09:57 AM   #24
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I'll wait. I'm sure my library will have the ebook in a month or two.
That's where I'm at seeing that I've only read the first few pages of Book 1.
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Old 07-12-2011, 09:57 AM   #25
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Old 07-12-2011, 11:35 AM   #26
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I consider most books under $10 dollar to be an ok price. But I have no problem paying $15 for a 1000 page book.
it seems we have a much different way of measuring a books worth, I'm much more concerned over quality than quantity. but I think I'm in the minority here.

I really dislike it when authors add a lot of fluff just to increase the page numbers in order to increase the book value.
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Old 07-12-2011, 12:18 PM   #27
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it seems we have a much different way of measuring a books worth, I'm much more concerned over quality than quantity. but I think I'm in the minority here.

I really dislike it when authors add a lot of fluff just to increase the page numbers in order to increase the book value.
Of course quality is the overall determining factor when it comes to purchasing... that's a given. Nobody purposely goes on a mission to locate gigantic, yet really awful—nay, horrendous—books:

"Umm... that huge one on the top shelf—you're absolutely sure it's thoroughly shoddy? In that case I'll take it!"

But word count is surely a secondary factor in determining value... especially when previous works by the same author have already (some long before ebooks were even a factor at all) dismissed the question of quality entirely. Would you be willing to pay more for an enormous book written by an author who's already repeatedly "Wowed" you in the past, than you would for a normal sized book by an author you're relatively unsure of? I know my answer.

And while I'm sure that there may be authors out there somewhere who pad their word-counts just so they can conceivably charge more for the book, I like to think they're few and far between. I'd like to think that some just tend to get a bit carried away with their own big selves. Or simply lack talent and try to make up for it with volume... hoping something will stick.

Some authors use way too many words to tell a story, and some may use way too few. But the ones who use "just the right amount" of words for the scope and complexity of their particular story are the ones who never have to worry about their books selling regardless of cost—or word-count—(quality already being a given of course ).

GRRM uses lots and lots of words in his books, but there's very few that are expendable.
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GRRM uses lots and lots of words in his books, but there's very few that are expendable.
Perfectly stated.
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I preordered it and got charged $9.99 this morning. Glad I preordered it now.
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I have the first two ebooks, thought I have not yet read them.... So, I'll wait til the price comes down before completing the set.....
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