02-23-2011, 12:45 AM | #1 |
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What is your most expensive ebook?
Namely, the most that you've ever paid for an ebook? (above $15, let's say)
And if you've paid a LOT for an ebook - why? My most expensive ebook to date is Badger by naturalist Tim Roper. It's a natural history of the Eurasian badger Meles meles, and incorporates some fascinating recent research on badger characteristics and behaviour. It costs a whopping (to me) $32.85 on Amazon.com. It's also available to Britons for roughly the same amount, £19.99 on Amazon.co.uk. Why did I buy it? I love the British badger, it's my favourite animal, and I also love natural history |
02-23-2011, 12:59 AM | #2 |
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I paid $12.99 but that was a long time ago. I usually wait till they drop below $6 now.
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02-23-2011, 04:55 AM | #3 |
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Ahoy matey; I have hundreds of ebooks and never paid for any of them.
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02-23-2011, 07:21 AM | #4 |
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$9.99 Leviathan - Scott Westerfield at Amazon.
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02-23-2011, 07:50 AM | #5 |
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99.9% of mine are $8, trying to figure out how to get them for less then that. There is an odd ball ocasionally at $10.
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02-23-2011, 08:03 AM | #6 |
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Wouddn't know. Probably some $20 or so. If I want a book and that book is for sale, I'll buy that book.
Oh, beside posting what was the highest price, also post the price of an average pbook, which is around $20 here... |
02-23-2011, 09:47 AM | #7 |
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6.99 for Pillars of the Earth.
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02-23-2011, 09:55 AM | #8 |
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$29.99 for Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years. I had bought the book in hardcover when it was released, but it was so thick (1200 pages) that it continued to sit in my to-be-read pile. I finally decided to buy it electronically in hopes that I would actually muddle through the book. I've started it, but it isn't an easy read, so I'm glad I bought the duplicate ebook version as it is easier to read it in ebook form a few pagesw at a time.
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02-23-2011, 10:05 AM | #9 |
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I have paid $15 for four books on the day that they were released. Why? Because I wanted to read them on the day that they were released.
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02-23-2011, 10:54 AM | #10 |
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I paid somewhere around 17USD for The Mission Song by John le Carré and about the same for Bridge of Sighs by Richard Russo back when they first came out . However, that wasn't so bad because Fictionwise was having a 100% micropay rebate. Both were very good books, too.
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02-23-2011, 11:06 AM | #11 |
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£20 for Lord of the Rings. Love the book, besides the UK isn't as cheap as the US so expect to pay for a few books above what I'd like, and the book's worth it..
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02-23-2011, 11:11 AM | #12 |
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I have paid 15€ (about $20) for a French e-book. That's a pretty standard price, which explains why I mostly buy e-books in English
I also paid £9 ($15) for the Penguin edition of Ulysses, which turned out to be so full of OCR errors that I read the free MR version instead. I hate European prices. Last edited by FlorenceArt; 02-23-2011 at 01:53 PM. Reason: typos |
02-23-2011, 11:18 AM | #13 |
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If it counts - I paid about $140 USD for a textbook. It is for my law class and I needed it to enlarge the font. The one in the pbook was so tiny!
Not going to make it a habit, because I prefer to re-sell my textbooks. But, my old eyes are sure happier (and, I got to use the book over two semesters...). Marilyn |
02-23-2011, 12:42 PM | #14 |
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$12.99 for Ysabel by Guy Gavriel Kay.
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02-23-2011, 01:22 PM | #15 |
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$20.00 For The Lost Symbol (for the 100% micropay rebate)
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