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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, 01:01 PM | #46 | |
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Some books aren't that bad but how many people do you know that still run DOS 3.0 and will they really need the dummies book. Right now one thrift shop is having a 1-5 books for a dollar sale. Not 20 cents a book, but whether you buy 1, 2,3, 4 or 5 books that is a dollar. If you buy 6,7,8, 9 or 10, it is $2. Then they will say it is 5 for a dollar. Couldn't you find 5 books if you grab less than a multiple of 5. Do they think one book is the same as another? |
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I need a little perspective, I think. For those who think $12-$18 is too much to pay for a new release ebook (that you're interested in reading, of course), I'd like to know just what non-essential items you ARE willing to spend $12-$18 dollars on. In other words, what $12-$18 frivolous purchases do you value MORE than the experience of reading a good ebook (novel-length, 350-600 pages)? Forget owning, resale, and lending rights for the time being. Just compare experience to experience.
For instance: if you're a wine drinker, is a $15 dollar bottle of wine more valuable to you than the experience of reading a good book? Last edited by DiapDealer; 07-21-2017 at 03:15 PM. |
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07-21-2017, 03:26 PM | #53 | |
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I probably wouldn't pay more for an ebook than the new paper version costs. But not because I always compare the too. Its more like I have a limit on what I spend on ebooks period. So if it was higher than say a 7.99 paperback release, then I wouldn't buy it anyway as 7.99 is pretty much my upper limit. And that also varies. Say an older book re-released, I'd balk at paying 7.99 for just out of principle.
I can't read paperbacks anymore really, so side by side comparison is not useful to me. But in my pre-ebook days, I bought or traded lots of used paperbacks. I read a lot so a budget is very very important. I would never ever pay $12-18 for a fiction book. No way. Even if its super favorite author. Thankfully the genres I like a varied so there are lots of authors I like and I have a new favorites. It will not kill me to wait and put it in a wishlist to get price reduction notices. Most cases though if a book is say 12.99, which a lot of the popular UF and others like In Death are, I get it from the library. Even if I have to wait. I might not have waited and paid 7.99 for it, but alas. I will not pay more for an ebook period. As far as frivolous purchases, not sure what that means. Its like the authors that whine about folks buying a coffee but not wanting to pay 9.99 for an indie book. I don't compare books to coffee, or any other thing for that matter. But then I make my coffee at home. I can't think of much frivolous I buy period as I don't have money growing on trees. Heck, I cut my own hair for crying out loud. I carry the same purse for years and years and I never had my nails done. But really, that isn't the point. One can't compare such things. Each person has their own limits for different sections of the budget. And for ebooks, some just have high limits they won't go over. Some would never pay more for an ebook than a paper version. And that is all ok. Its their money after all. Most of my books I buy on sale and those that are not on sale are mostly in the 2.99-5.99 range. So new paperbacks are usually higher than that anyway. |
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Sure one can. My wine example was a good example (for those who spend money on wine).
And I'm not asking about budgets. It's fairly simple. For those unwilling to spend $12-18 for an ebook (ANY ebook), I'm asking what non-essential, pastime/leisure-related things (physical, digital or virtual) they ARE willing to spend $12-$18 on. Surely that's a doable question? I'm not looking to judge. I'm simply looking for perspective into others' value systems. |
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07-21-2017, 04:44 PM | #57 | |
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We also both go every 4 weeks for haircuts, and I get mine colored then too, and highlighted ever 3-4 months. We take our hair everywhere we go, and don't scrimp on keeping it done. But, we drive our cars for 10-15 years, and live in a paid off house, and carry very little debt, and pay off our credit card every month. |
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I buy a lot of books and always have. My wife always says at least my addiction is healthier than spending the money on booze or cigarettes.
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I think the only recreational 'products' that can compete with books for value are ones that enable access to an existing natural resource. e.g. a bus trip to the beach, hut fees in a national park, etc.
One I have used is a 12 month backcountry hut pass for $100, which makes tramping an amazingly cheap pastime if you avoid the main tourist areas. (Still need to take books though, for the days when the weather doesn't co-operate.) |
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