Paperback vs. digital - Page 4

Sydney's Mom · 06-03-2012, 02:00 PM

I usually check to see if the library has the ebook. If not, I will check to see if they have the pbook.

This price differential has just about eliminated my impulse book buying. I used to go on book buying sprees several times a year, buying hundreds of dollars of pbooks at a time.

Spoiler:

Now, if I want a particular book, I look at the price on Amazon. If it is a back list book, and it is less than $8, I will buy it, even though I could get the pbook for less. I don't buy new releases at all (if it is something I have to read, I reserve the pbook at the library). Once agency is gone, I will buy new releases again.

Xanthe · 06-03-2012, 03:28 PM

It's really come down to a matter of storage for me. I simply don't have the room anymore to buy paper books at the rate I used to. Now, I only buy them for my "must-have" authors.

Victoria · 06-03-2012, 08:39 PM

as so many others have said, the space benefits of ebooks mean that I will buy the ebook over the paperback, unless it's a reference book. I find paper reference books easier to thumb back and forth in, than digital.

djgreedo · 06-03-2012, 08:54 PM

My preference is ebook. I only buy paper books for books I can't get in digital format and absolutely have to read.

If a paper book was much, much cheaper than the ebook I'd buy it I suppose, but since ebooks are usually $15 or less this would rarely happen.

I also live in a country where books are not cheap, and in a city isolated enough that it's pretty hard to find non-mainstream books anyway (and buying online ruins any price saving).

Oh, books that contain a lot of images/formatting/etc. I will buy in paper.

sakura-panda · 06-04-2012, 09:36 AM

I don't compare prices between paper and non-paper books. I decide on the format and then I compare prices within that format (if I compare at all.)

The only time I did that was when I was contemplating purchasing my first ebook reader and wondering if the cost of the hardware would be worth it.

06-03-2012, 02:00 PM	#46
Sydney's Mom Wizard Posts: 2,899 Karma: 6995721 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Idaho, on the side of a mountain Device: Kindle Oasis, Fire 3d Gen and 5th Gen and Samsung Tab S	I usually check to see if the library has the ebook. If not, I will check to see if they have the pbook. This price differential has just about eliminated my impulse book buying. I used to go on book buying sprees several times a year, buying hundreds of dollars of pbooks at a time. Spoiler: The recent Harlequin $4 off coupon did result in the purchase of hundreds of 5 cent books, none of which have been read Now, if I want a particular book, I look at the price on Amazon. If it is a back list book, and it is less than $8, I will buy it, even though I could get the pbook for less. I don't buy new releases at all (if it is something I have to read, I reserve the pbook at the library). Once agency is gone, I will buy new releases again.

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06-03-2012, 03:28 PM	#47
Xanthe Plan B Is Now In Force Posts: 1,894 Karma: 8086979 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Surebleak Device: Aluratek,Sony 350/T1,Pandigital,eBM 911,Nook HD/HD+,Fire HDX 7/8.9,PW2	It's really come down to a matter of storage for me. I simply don't have the room anymore to buy paper books at the rate I used to. Now, I only buy them for my "must-have" authors.

06-03-2012, 08:39 PM	#48
Victoria Wizard Posts: 1,017 Karma: 19767610 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Nova Scotia Canada Device: ipad, Kindle PW, Kobo Clara; iphone 7	as so many others have said, the space benefits of ebooks mean that I will buy the ebook over the paperback, unless it's a reference book. I find paper reference books easier to thumb back and forth in, than digital.

06-03-2012, 08:54 PM	#49
djgreedo Addict Posts: 285 Karma: 640696 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Perth, Australia Device: Kindle Touch 3G, HP Touchpad (Android), Samsung Omnia 7	My preference is ebook. I only buy paper books for books I can't get in digital format and absolutely have to read. If a paper book was much, much cheaper than the ebook I'd buy it I suppose, but since ebooks are usually $15 or less this would rarely happen. I also live in a country where books are not cheap, and in a city isolated enough that it's pretty hard to find non-mainstream books anyway (and buying online ruins any price saving). Oh, books that contain a lot of images/formatting/etc. I will buy in paper.

06-04-2012, 09:36 AM	#50
sakura-panda Guru Posts: 934 Karma: 9558874 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Southeast Michigan, USA Device: Kindle Oasis; 11" iPad Pro (Books, Kindle, Kobo, MapleRead SE)	I don't compare prices between paper and non-paper books. I decide on the format and then I compare prices within that format (if I compare at all.) The only time I did that was when I was contemplating purchasing my first ebook reader and wondering if the cost of the hardware would be worth it.

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