How many e-books do readers purchase? - Page 3

catsittingstill · 05-21-2008, 02:53 PM

I've only purchased 10 so far: 6 from Baen, 1 from Fictionwise and 3 from Amazon. (Plus 1 blog from Amazon)

It's not that I have anything against purchasing, but I've only had my Kindle for a couple of weeks, and I've got so much stuff from the Baen Free Library and the Tor Website promotion and Manybooks.net and so on that I haven't read anywhere *near* all of it.

Plus, well, 10 books in less than a month, that's a fair amount, really.

Lemurion · 05-21-2008, 07:42 PM

At least 200 maybe more.

And I count the e-magazines as one per issue not per subscription.

chiral · 05-24-2008, 05:02 PM

I purchased about 60-70 ebooks and downloaded about 600-700 of which I have read about 300. I would buy many more if there existed the perfect ebook store in which the selected were three orders of magnitude beyond what is typical now, the price was no more than 2/3 of a paper book, and it was EASY to purchase and download books. Of course I wouldn't mind DRM *provided* once I had purchased a book I would have guaranteed access to it for my lifetime despite the bookstore going out of business, the current DRM becomes obsolete and so on.

As I said this requires a perfect ebook store.

sassanik · 05-26-2008, 04:35 AM

I think my correct answer should be: way too many

Amy

borax99 · 05-26-2008, 10:58 AM

Bought over three hundred, downloaded scads for free, ereader is my medium of choice

CiaraG · 05-29-2008, 10:50 AM

I'm definitely in the 500+ section. Started with pdf and ereader formats, but since I got my Cybook I pretty much stick to mobipocket. Have bought from Ereader, Diesel, Fictionwise etc, but have found that BooksonBoard tend to be the cheapest so generally buy there unless they don't have the book I want.

CiaraG.

astra · 05-29-2008, 11:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CiaraG

Have bought from Ereader, Diesel, Fictionwise etc, but have found that BooksonBoard tend to be the cheapest

Really? I found Fictionwise to be the cheapest, although sometimes instead of price reduction they give you micropay rebate, still it is the same money as long as you plan to come back and buy again. For example right now I have $7.19 on micropay acc. Next time I want to buy a book that costs approximately $8.00, I will use micropay rebate.

Liviu_5 · 05-29-2008, 11:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by astra

Really? I found Fictionwise to be the cheapest, although sometimes instead of price reduction they give you micropay rebate, still it is the same money as long as you plan to come back and buy again. For example right now I have $7.19 on micropay acc. Next time I want to buy a book that costs approximately $8.00, I will use micropay rebate.

For the first week or so of the release Fictionwise has bigger rebates - even up to 100% - if you do not mind getting them as micropay. But after that BonB has the better price usually.

astra · 05-29-2008, 11:29 AM

OK. Thanks.
I will keep an eye on both of them.

View Poll Results: How many e-books have you already purchased?
1-10	29	20.00%
11-50	36	24.83%
51-100	14	9.66%
101-200	20	13.79%
201-300	10	6.90%
301-500	10	6.90%
>500	13	8.97%
Zero	13	8.97%
Voters: 145. You may not vote on this poll

05-26-2008, 04:35 AM	#34
sassanik Guru Posts: 774 Karma: 1211741 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Oregon Device: EB1150, iPhone, Cool-er Purple, Pocketbook 360, Kindle Fire	umm I think my correct answer should be: way too many Amy

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05-21-2008, 02:53 PM	#31
catsittingstill Guru Posts: 643 Karma: 551634 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Kindle 1.0.8, iPod Touch, Kindle Keyboard	I've only purchased 10 so far: 6 from Baen, 1 from Fictionwise and 3 from Amazon. (Plus 1 blog from Amazon) It's not that I have anything against purchasing, but I've only had my Kindle for a couple of weeks, and I've got so much stuff from the Baen Free Library and the Tor Website promotion and Manybooks.net and so on that I haven't read anywhere near all of it. Plus, well, 10 books in less than a month, that's a fair amount, really.

05-21-2008, 07:42 PM	#32
Lemurion eReader Posts: 2,750 Karma: 4968470 Join Date: Aug 2007 Device: Note 5; PW3; Nook HD+; ChuWi Hi12; iPad	At least 200 maybe more. And I count the e-magazines as one per issue not per subscription.

05-24-2008, 05:02 PM	#33
chiral Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 674 Join Date: May 2008 Device: 505	I purchased about 60-70 ebooks and downloaded about 600-700 of which I have read about 300. I would buy many more if there existed the perfect ebook store in which the selected were three orders of magnitude beyond what is typical now, the price was no more than 2/3 of a paper book, and it was EASY to purchase and download books. Of course I wouldn't mind DRM provided once I had purchased a book I would have guaranteed access to it for my lifetime despite the bookstore going out of business, the current DRM becomes obsolete and so on. As I said this requires a perfect ebook store.

05-26-2008, 10:58 AM	#35
borax99 Member Posts: 18 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2008 Device: Tablet PC - P1610	Bought over three hundred, downloaded scads for free, ereader is my medium of choice

05-29-2008, 10:50 AM	#36
CiaraG Enthusiast Posts: 27 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: Cybook Gen3	I'm definitely in the 500+ section. Started with pdf and ereader formats, but since I got my Cybook I pretty much stick to mobipocket. Have bought from Ereader, Diesel, Fictionwise etc, but have found that BooksonBoard tend to be the cheapest so generally buy there unless they don't have the book I want. CiaraG.

05-29-2008, 11:29 AM	#39
astra The Introvert Posts: 8,307 Karma: 1000077497 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: United Kingdom Device: Sony Reader PRS-650 & 505 & 500	OK. Thanks. I will keep an eye on both of them.

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