How many ebooks do you purchase each month? - Page 3

Xenophon · 01-13-2009, 03:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lilac_jive

How do you eke 10 books from $30???

I buy the monthly Webscriptions bundle (6-8 books for $15). I buy a few singles from Fictionwise or Webscriptions. I buy other bundles from Webscriptions (like their recent "Jupiter novels" collection -- 6 novels for $20).

Really, there are reasonably priced books out there. Some publishers "get it," although most seem not to.

Xenophon

lilac_jive · 01-13-2009, 03:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rhadin

I chose 4. Like everyone else, each month it varies. I assumed that "purchase" meant paid money for, so I didn't include any of the books I download that are free. I also didn't include the pbooks I buy every month

.

Yeah free doesn't count

Justy · 01-13-2009, 04:24 PM

I've purchased WAY too many eBooks a month this year. Of course this is entirely due to the wonderful 50% and 100% rebate/reward offers from Fictionwise and BoB lately! If I take all the eBooks I got from the big sales and the ones I bought in more normal times throughout the year, I probably averaged 7 eBooks a month.

pilotbob · 01-13-2009, 05:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Justy

If I take all the eBooks I got from the big sales and the ones I bought in more normal times throughout the year, I probably averaged 7 eBooks a month.

That doesn't sound like WAY to many. It sounds Justy right.

BOb

Justy · 01-13-2009, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by pilotbob

That doesn't sound like WAY to many. It sounds Justy right.

I have to agree.. and it means that my Cybook is already loaded with LOTS of good eBooks for my vacation next week. One less thing to plan.

Laine · 01-13-2009, 11:02 PM

I picked more than 20.

It's a bit embarrasing to admit I usually buy at least 20 Harlequins.

I'm not sure if the Webscriptions count. Strictly speaking I don't pay but they only come free because of my Universe subscription. Plus Baen are always doing new irrisistable bundles.

I always get the 5 Regency Reads releases each month.

So we're nearly at 30 before I admit to staying up till 4:00 am every Tuesday morning to check out the new Fictionwise releases. I probably buy at least 10 a month.

When I retired colleagues kept asking me how could I possibly fill up the time - in fact I could use 48 hour days.

Laine

bbusybookworm · 01-14-2009, 06:36 AM

I Selected 4 on average, but I tend to buy ebooks in fits and starts, usually when there is a special sale, like Fictionwise and BoB recent ones, then I'll buy 20-30 at a time.

My book budget used to be about £40-50 a month, But i've reduced it to about £20-30 with about half spent on ebooks as I spent quiet a bit on getting the reader whose cost I want to amortise (So I can save up for the next gadget

). The only problem is that Super sales mean that I end up blowing my budget for 2-4 months at a time, though I still have Micropay which I can use over that period.

As for reading, it really depends. If I'm free, it can be a Book or three a day but on average I tend to read 2-4 books a week, but usually at least half are rereads as I like to go over old favourites on a regular basis, especially when a new book in a series is about to come out.

kazbates · 01-14-2009, 09:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Laine

I picked more than 20.

It's a bit embarrasing to admit I usually buy at least 20 Harlequins.

<snip>
Laine

You should never be enbarrased by your choice of reading material! At least you are reading.

There are too many people out there who haven't picked up a book in years! Harlequins are relatively inexpensive and quick reads, not to mention that they have launched the careers of many of our more popular and celebrated romance writers, ie. Nora Roberts, Christina Dodd, etc.

I easily (too easily if you ask my husband) purchase anywhere from 10-20 books a month! I would like to say buying(and reading) books is my only vice, but I don't want to lie to you.

Kaz

ShortNCuddlyAm · 01-14-2009, 09:47 AM

I picked 8, because that's what it's averaged out as. At the moment I'm buying ebooks in the same way I buy pbooks, lots in one go, then none for a while. Of course, I now have the option of free books, so my to-read pile is growing larger more quickly.

I can see that amount growing, as ebooks are considerably easier to carry home than pbooks

However, as some publishers are still in the dark ages when it comes to ebooks, I will still continue to buy pbooks of novels if I really, really want to read them! Non-fiction is a different matter - sometimes a pbook makes more sense than an ebook (I wouldn't want my reader next to my hob or next to the torch I use for fusing and soldering/brazing, f'r example; and it's no good where colour pictures are an essential part of the book!)

That was a rather waffly answer...

mjh215 · 01-14-2009, 10:19 AM

I'm in the non-existant 0 category as well. But not for lack of trying. Last month I picked up a Fictionwise acct to buy an EBW1150, and sat down for a couple evenings in a row to peruse their titles. Every book they had that I wanted was DRM laden so I didn't purchase any.

I may switch out of the 0 category, as I am considering getting Baen's webscriptions. For now, I have plenty of free/PD titles to chose from, and plenty of pbooks still filling my shelves.

-MJ

bill_mchale · 01-14-2009, 11:29 AM

I put 2 down, though I haven't really bought that number a month yet. Its more what I expect I will start buying in the near future; at the moment I am working through public domain books, Baen Free books and Creative Commons books that I have wanted to read. I will almost certainly continue to read the free books afterwards, but after I work through the ones on my really want to read list, I will probably alternate a purchased book with one or two free books.

--
Bill

pagansoul · 01-14-2009, 01:14 PM

Since my purchase of Kindle on June 1st 2008 I spent just over $150 in 7 months at Amazon.com.

Pamela Aidan - Duty & Desire $9.59
Pamela Aidan - An Assembly Such as This $9.99
Elizabeth Aston - The Second Mrs. Darcy $4.99

Stephenie Meyer
1. Twilight $4.79
2. New Moon $6.39
3. Eclipse $6.39
4. Breaking Dawn $9.99

The complete Lovecraft $6.38
Janet Evanovich – Manhunt $6.00

Kevin J Anderson – Saga of Seven Suns
1. Hidden Empire $4.79
2. A Forest of Stars $3.99
3. Horizon Storms $3.79
4. Scattered Suns $4.79

(FREE downloads off Amazon.com)
Beth Williamson – Devils on Horseback: Nate
Tobias Buckell – Crystal Rain
LE Modesitt – Flash
Karl Schroeder – Sun of Suns
Brandon Sanderson – Mistborn
Daniel Abraham – A Shadow in Summer
John Scalzi – Old Man’s War
Robert Charles Wilson – Spin
Cherie Priest – Four & Twenty Blackbirds
Tobsha Leatner – Soul
Patti O’Shea – In the Midnight Hour
John C Wright – Ophans of Chaos
SC Butler – Reiffen’s Choice
Jane Lindskold – Through Wolf’s Eyes
David Drake – Lord of the Isles
Asher Dan – The Anomaly
Christopher G Moore – Spirit House
Lauren Dane – Giving Chase
Sydney Somers – Unbreakable
Bianca D’Arc – Maiden Flight
Zoe Winters – Kept
Ally Blue – Oleander House book 1
Lorelei James – Long Hard Ride

Linda Howard - The complete Mackenzie Collection $9.99
Edgar Rice Burroughs – the Works of $4.79
Edgar Allan Poe – the Works of $4.79
Leo Tolstoy – the Works of $.99
Lucy Maud Montgomery – the Works of $4.79
The 20th Annual Collection of Best Science Fiction $9.99

Charlaine Harris – Southern Vampire Mysteries
1. Dead Until Dark $4.79
2. Living Dead in Dallas $5.20
3. Club Dead $5.20
4. Dead to the World $6.39
5. Dead as a Doornail $5.31
6. Definitely Dead $6.39
7. All Together Dead $6.39
8. From Dead to Worse $11.99

Elfwreck · 01-14-2009, 01:32 PM

I picked "1"; I rarely buy ebooks. (Not done with the freebies and converted fanfic.) I occasionally buy a cluster of stories at Fictionwise, but I'm not sure how to count them. Despite how FW labels them, I don't feel comfortable calling a 2400 word short story a "book."

Tattncat · 01-14-2009, 01:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lilac_jive

I saw on DearAuthor some ladies are getting together and doing a presenation on ebooks and the female market at the Tools of Change conference. Anyway I was discussing a point on percentage of purchasing amounts of those who have dedicated reading devices, and wondered how many books everyone buys on average per month.

So how many do you actually purchase each month? Does not matter where, or what device you are using.

(and ladies, if you want to help out this group with their research, check out this link: http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2009...comment-187489)

How many I purchase? Or, how many I download? I purchase 16-20, download (i.e. FeedBooks, Manybooks, Gutenburg, here) approx. 30-40. Depending on what I find that I like.

Anyway you look at it, I probably download & purchase way too much. Unfortunately, or forturnately, I read way too much.

worxland · 01-14-2009, 02:00 PM

Cannot choose 0 therefore no vote.
My need of reading can be and is satisfied with free material.

View Poll Results: How many ebooks do you purchase each month?
1	14	13.21%
2	11	10.38%
3	12	11.32%
4	12	11.32%
5	8	7.55%
6	1	0.94%
7	1	0.94%
8	5	4.72%
9	0	0%
10	11	10.38%
11-12	6	5.66%
13-14	1	0.94%
15-20	7	6.60%
20-up	8	7.55%
<1 (by popular request)	9	8.49%
Voters: 106. You may not vote on this poll

01-14-2009, 10:19 AM	#40
mjh215 Guru Posts: 988 Karma: 12653 Join Date: Apr 2008 Device: None of your business	I'm in the non-existant 0 category as well. But not for lack of trying. Last month I picked up a Fictionwise acct to buy an EBW1150, and sat down for a couple evenings in a row to peruse their titles. Every book they had that I wanted was DRM laden so I didn't purchase any. I may switch out of the 0 category, as I am considering getting Baen's webscriptions. For now, I have plenty of free/PD titles to chose from, and plenty of pbooks still filling my shelves. -MJ Last edited by mjh215; 01-14-2009 at 11:37 AM.

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01-13-2009, 04:24 PM	#33
Justy Fanatic Posts: 547 Karma: 27509 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Greater Vancouver Area, BC, Canada Device: Nexus 7, Sony Xperia z3 tablet, Kobo Glo, Boyue T63	I've purchased WAY too many eBooks a month this year. Of course this is entirely due to the wonderful 50% and 100% rebate/reward offers from Fictionwise and BoB lately! If I take all the eBooks I got from the big sales and the ones I bought in more normal times throughout the year, I probably averaged 7 eBooks a month.

01-13-2009, 11:02 PM	#36
Laine Addict Posts: 341 Karma: 1162396 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Cabramatta, Sydney, Australia Device: Aura H2O, Voyage	I picked more than 20. It's a bit embarrasing to admit I usually buy at least 20 Harlequins. I'm not sure if the Webscriptions count. Strictly speaking I don't pay but they only come free because of my Universe subscription. Plus Baen are always doing new irrisistable bundles. I always get the 5 Regency Reads releases each month. So we're nearly at 30 before I admit to staying up till 4:00 am every Tuesday morning to check out the new Fictionwise releases. I probably buy at least 10 a month. When I retired colleagues kept asking me how could I possibly fill up the time - in fact I could use 48 hour days. Laine

01-14-2009, 06:36 AM	#37
bbusybookworm Tech Junkie Posts: 1,027 Karma: 10080 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Earth Device: iPad, MotoXStyle, OnePlusOne	I Selected 4 on average, but I tend to buy ebooks in fits and starts, usually when there is a special sale, like Fictionwise and BoB recent ones, then I'll buy 20-30 at a time. My book budget used to be about £40-50 a month, But i've reduced it to about £20-30 with about half spent on ebooks as I spent quiet a bit on getting the reader whose cost I want to amortise (So I can save up for the next gadget ). The only problem is that Super sales mean that I end up blowing my budget for 2-4 months at a time, though I still have Micropay which I can use over that period. As for reading, it really depends. If I'm free, it can be a Book or three a day but on average I tend to read 2-4 books a week, but usually at least half are rereads as I like to go over old favourites on a regular basis, especially when a new book in a series is about to come out.

01-14-2009, 09:47 AM	#39
ShortNCuddlyAm WWHALD Posts: 7,879 Karma: 337114 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Mitcham, Surrey, UK Device: iPad. Selling my silver 505 here	I picked 8, because that's what it's averaged out as. At the moment I'm buying ebooks in the same way I buy pbooks, lots in one go, then none for a while. Of course, I now have the option of free books, so my to-read pile is growing larger more quickly. I can see that amount growing, as ebooks are considerably easier to carry home than pbooks However, as some publishers are still in the dark ages when it comes to ebooks, I will still continue to buy pbooks of novels if I really, really want to read them! Non-fiction is a different matter - sometimes a pbook makes more sense than an ebook (I wouldn't want my reader next to my hob or next to the torch I use for fusing and soldering/brazing, f'r example; and it's no good where colour pictures are an essential part of the book!) That was a rather waffly answer...

01-14-2009, 11:29 AM	#41
bill_mchale Wizard Posts: 1,451 Karma: 1550000 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Maryland, USA Device: Nook Simple Touch, HPC Evo 4G LTE	I put 2 down, though I haven't really bought that number a month yet. Its more what I expect I will start buying in the near future; at the moment I am working through public domain books, Baen Free books and Creative Commons books that I have wanted to read. I will almost certainly continue to read the free books afterwards, but after I work through the ones on my really want to read list, I will probably alternate a purchased book with one or two free books. -- Bill

01-14-2009, 01:14 PM	#42
pagansoul Fanatic Posts: 509 Karma: 1098204 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Earth Device: iPhone5, iPad Gen3, Kobo, Kindle Fire, Kobo Vox. Samsung Galaxy Tab 7	Since my purchase of Kindle on June 1st 2008 I spent just over $150 in 7 months at Amazon.com. Pamela Aidan - Duty & Desire $9.59 Pamela Aidan - An Assembly Such as This $9.99 Elizabeth Aston - The Second Mrs. Darcy $4.99 Stephenie Meyer 1. Twilight $4.79 2. New Moon $6.39 3. Eclipse $6.39 4. Breaking Dawn $9.99 The complete Lovecraft $6.38 Janet Evanovich – Manhunt $6.00 Kevin J Anderson – Saga of Seven Suns 1. Hidden Empire $4.79 2. A Forest of Stars $3.99 3. Horizon Storms $3.79 4. Scattered Suns $4.79 (FREE downloads off Amazon.com) Beth Williamson – Devils on Horseback: Nate Tobias Buckell – Crystal Rain LE Modesitt – Flash Karl Schroeder – Sun of Suns Brandon Sanderson – Mistborn Daniel Abraham – A Shadow in Summer John Scalzi – Old Man’s War Robert Charles Wilson – Spin Cherie Priest – Four & Twenty Blackbirds Tobsha Leatner – Soul Patti O’Shea – In the Midnight Hour John C Wright – Ophans of Chaos SC Butler – Reiffen’s Choice Jane Lindskold – Through Wolf’s Eyes David Drake – Lord of the Isles Asher Dan – The Anomaly Christopher G Moore – Spirit House Lauren Dane – Giving Chase Sydney Somers – Unbreakable Bianca D’Arc – Maiden Flight Zoe Winters – Kept Ally Blue – Oleander House book 1 Lorelei James – Long Hard Ride Linda Howard - The complete Mackenzie Collection $9.99 Edgar Rice Burroughs – the Works of $4.79 Edgar Allan Poe – the Works of $4.79 Leo Tolstoy – the Works of $.99 Lucy Maud Montgomery – the Works of $4.79 The 20th Annual Collection of Best Science Fiction $9.99 Charlaine Harris – Southern Vampire Mysteries 1. Dead Until Dark $4.79 2. Living Dead in Dallas $5.20 3. Club Dead $5.20 4. Dead to the World $6.39 5. Dead as a Doornail $5.31 6. Definitely Dead $6.39 7. All Together Dead $6.39 8. From Dead to Worse $11.99

01-14-2009, 01:32 PM	#43
Elfwreck Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,187 Karma: 25133758 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: SF Bay Area, California, USA Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3 (Past: Kobo Mini, PEZ, PRS-505, Clié)	I picked "1"; I rarely buy ebooks. (Not done with the freebies and converted fanfic.) I occasionally buy a cluster of stories at Fictionwise, but I'm not sure how to count them. Despite how FW labels them, I don't feel comfortable calling a 2400 word short story a "book."

01-14-2009, 02:00 PM	#45
worxland Connoisseur Posts: 65 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Hungary Device: PRS-505, Paperwhite	Cannot choose 0 therefore no vote. My need of reading can be and is satisfied with free material.

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