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View Poll Results: Would you buy an ebook at the same price as the corresponding printed book? | |||
I would even pay more for the ebook! | 12 | 6.90% | |
Yes. | 31 | 17.82% | |
No, but I would buy the print book. | 11 | 6.32% | |
No, I would choose another book to read instead. | 22 | 12.64% | |
No. But I would consider purchasing the ebook when the price was reduced. | 98 | 56.32% | |
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07-21-2017, 12:52 AM | #31 | |
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Wow just wow. In shock. Will wait on the book in the thrift store. |
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07-21-2017, 01:00 AM | #32 | |
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07-21-2017, 02:08 AM | #33 |
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If you buy a lot of books (like most of us here do) you might take into account the average price you pay, rather than just the price of certain individual books.
I wouldn't want to pay $16.99 for every book I buy, I couldn't afford to. But since many of those ebooks I will get during special promotions at $0.99 or $2.99 or $4.99, I don't mind paying $16.99 for some. The average price I pay for a publisher's ebooks works out to be much less than their normal list price. Contrast with paper books where there is no opportunity for such steep discounts, the average paper price ends up closer to the normal list price. So in practice ebooks are much cheaper in comparison to paper than the difference in list price alone would suggest. |
07-21-2017, 02:58 AM | #34 |
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Very true. My average price paid this year is just over £2.00. And that's for big publisher ebooks, not indies.
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07-21-2017, 03:14 AM | #35 | |
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07-21-2017, 03:18 AM | #36 |
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07-21-2017, 04:00 AM | #37 |
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I couldn't care less what the price of a print book is, for exactly the same reason that I don't compare the price of paperclips with cheese.
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07-21-2017, 07:43 AM | #40 |
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I have no issue paying the same price for an ebook as for the print edition. I find that I don't even notice the print edition price much anymore. How much I'm willing to pay is predicated solely on how much I want to read the book.
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07-21-2017, 07:51 AM | #41 |
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It depends on the book's content, size and potential plus how much I want the book.
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07-21-2017, 08:06 AM | #42 | |
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I buy books for selfish reasons. I like to read and more specifically, I have favored authors that I like to read. Authors aren't going to write more books unless they can make money at it. That's just a hard, cold fact. A lot of people want their books either free or super cheap. Some pirate, some use libraries, others buy used. One can argue the moralities of each case, but from my selfish point of view, none of these will put money in the author's pocket and encourage him or her to write more books. That's why I have no problem buying books, to encourage authors to write more. That underlying fact also drives my view on copyright, i.e. copyright is to encourage the arts. Books should be available to the buying public to be eligible for copyright. I don't mind paying for it, but I do mind not being able to buy it. Heck, it's also why I tip well. I like good service and believe in encouraging good service with a good tip. (and just to clarify before someone comes out with guns a blazing, no I'm not saying you are a bad person if you use libraries or used book store. I've used both. I'm just saying that in neither case does the author get more financial encouragement to write more books. ) |
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07-21-2017, 10:18 AM | #43 | |
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On used book stores, the author might gain a new fan that wouldn't have found them otherwise who is now willing to buy new books or ebooks. Yes, I have done that too. But then on used book stores and especially thrift shops, many times the author has already quit writing. In the case of cookbooks, many had a very limited print run to begin with and if it was a charity book to begin with the buyer if they so wished could still donate to the original cause. (I have hundreds of those.) |
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07-21-2017, 10:27 AM | #44 |
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In the US the author gets paid for a library book as a sale just like any other book (ie, they get paid once [based on list price for print and Net sale price on digital AFAIK], when the library buys the book). In the UK there is a system where the author gets paid a bit when their books are borrowed [it's a bit more complicated than that, look up Public Lending Right for more info) in addition to when the book is initially purchased. Ireland has something similar to the UK. Don't know about elsewhere.
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07-21-2017, 10:28 AM | #45 |
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I didn't vote, but I guess my response would be "Yes", since I don't compare printed vs ebook when I shop; I consider them independently of each other. I'm thinking that the poll is intended for readers who do consider price before they choose which book to purchase and I didn't want to skew the poll.
When I want to read a particular book Right Now, I will buy the ebook, at whatever it's cost may be. With some series, when the earlier books are half the price of the latest book, I wait until the *next* book comes out, and the previous book has dropped in price. There are series where I am not willing to wait for that price drop, and as long as I read it Immediately After Purchase, I will pay whatever the asking price is. (On at least one occasion, I have purchased a book and not only did it switch to free before I read it, but it was in my TBD pile for a few years before I finally opened it. Furthermore, I bought the next two of the series in a three book omnibus, so I *paid* for a *free* book *twice*! Now it has to be a *really* good deal for me to buy a book ahead of when I'm ready to read it.) Print books I buy at the local independent bookstore. If I find something I want to read while browsing, I don't look up the ebook; I just buy the copy in my hand. I don't read a lot of print books, so these are always trade paperback books that have been discounted. I try not to go often, because of how much I spend each visit, but I am easily swayed by my kids and end up there more often than I would like. |
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