Price as Criterion for Book Selection?

[tponzo]

Originally Posted by ficbot

Tponzo, I got the ebook at kobo for $9.99. Read it yesterday and it was not that good :-)

thanks for the info. I guess C.H. is ending the series at 13 books and this one is necessary for the story. But if it's not that good I definitely don't want to pay almost $15 for a digital copy that I can't return.

[odiakkoh]

Originally Posted by tponzo

Once again this is where if publishers were smart they would listen to those of us who keep bringing up the idea of bundling. I would be more than happy to pay the full hard cover price plus maybe up to five dollars extra for a hard cover book bundled with a digital copy of the same book.

That would be a great idea.

[ficbot]

As I said, you can get it at Kobo quite cheaply

[Crowl]

Originally Posted by JDK1962

But carld, isn't your latter point still a decision to [not] purchase based on price alone? You've described a situation in which there may be something you're interested in reading, but for reasons extraneous to the book, i.e., publisher and/or price, you're giving it a pass.

The thing is that for most people there are always plenty of books that they want to read, so price can come into the decision making process.

For me I will do one of the only things I can when a publisher does stupid things like charging ebooks higher than the paper edition and that is to buy another book that I want to read.

[GA Russell]

If there is a book that I really want to read, I bite the bullet and buy it. I am currently reading a new softback which cost $29.99.

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There are so many books that have good reputations that I have never read. My problem is finding books that are in print.

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I enjoy my jetBook Lite, but I have no problem with the idea of buying a paperback cheap from an Amazon Marketplace seller. I understand people who object to an eBook costing more than its hard copy. What I do not share with many here is the strong desire to read the eBook rather than the less expensive hard copy.

I've got no problem reading paper books. I am a member of the Doubleday Book Club. Sometimes (not often enough!) they have a sale which is...Buy One Get One Free with Free Shipping. When that happens, I buy two omnibuses which contain two or three novels each for $6.99, so it works out to $1.40 per novel.

Between the MR library, Munseys and koland's Free Amazon threads, I think I've downloaded enough free eBooks to last me the rest of my life! I share CWatkinsNash's view that it doesn't take much arm twisting to get me to download a free eBook.

[Nawpkin]

I don't really judge books based on price, but I rarely see one that I want over 12$.