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Post by epeanymous on Apr 20, 2016 19:45:56 GMT
Meh, I got rid of thousands of books when we moved. I never thought I'd do such a thing, but when I started looking into doing major home renovation to house my books, I said, you know what? Why am I hanging on to all of this. I still have a lot of books, don't worry, but it is no longer a big bonus to me to have a hard copy of what I am reading. Plus it has been a lot easier to port around a lot of books on my Kindle when traveling.
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Post by caspad on Apr 22, 2016 20:25:50 GMT
I borrow the majority of my Kindle books from the library through the Overdrive app.
I can't afford to buy all the books I read.
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Post by femalebusiness on Apr 22, 2016 20:37:54 GMT
I borrow the majority of my Kindle books from the library through the Overdrive app. I can't afford to buy all the books I read. I do this too and can't believe the selection. They are adding new books to borrow faster than I can read them. I will never have to buy a book again. |
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Post by Tamhugh on Apr 22, 2016 20:43:31 GMT
Back when Nook was pretty new, I swear that the e-books were substantially cheaper. Then once there were a ton of e-readers on the market, I noticed the price going up substantially. That makes me think it has nothing to do with production costs and everything to do with good old supply and demand.
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Post by birukitty on Apr 22, 2016 22:45:45 GMT
I also get most of the books I read from my local library-in real book form. I don't own an e-reader and don't want one. I have a wonderful local library where I live with a terrific hold system, and everything is online. I can renew my books online and it makes it easy to keep track of them.
For books I want that my library doesn't have there is always abesbooks.com, a site where you can buy used books that I trust more then I trust the sellers from Amazon. Although I have been known to buy from sellers on Amazon if I can't find that book at abesbooks.com I treasure my books and have bookcases all through my house. I will only buy books new or pay full price for them when it's a book that means a lot to me and one I know I'll read again and again-like Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series. I treated myself last year to hardback copies of all of those.
Debbie in MD.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2016 22:55:03 GMT
Absolutely! And even though there is no paper involved, there are still costs for the editors and cover designers and now the coders to create readable e-files (they aren't simply PDF versions you make from your computer)>
I find that I can't go with just one direction fits all when buying my books these days. I have a mixture. And I take advantage of sales at Book of the Month Club (3 hardback books there for $22. Worth it for me.) Also, look for bundles. The publisher I work for, Crimson Romance, puts as many as 10 books together for .99, and then Amazon discounts that to .77! Just go over there and type in "bundle, Crimson Romance" to see what I'm talking about. Then look for bundles in the genres you read.
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Post by gottapeanow on Apr 23, 2016 0:57:12 GMT
About three weeks ago I finally took the time to learn to download books from my library and read them on my tablet. They have all of my favorite authors available. BAD move on my part. I've read 16+ books since then and haven't done any real work in weeks.I used to prefer real paper books to my Kindle books but now that I am using my iPad I actually prefer reading them on the tablet. (Bolding added.) And this is a problem, how???  Lisa |
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Post by femalebusiness on Apr 23, 2016 1:39:01 GMT
About three weeks ago I finally took the time to learn to download books from my library and read them on my tablet. They have all of my favorite authors available. BAD move on my part. I've read 16+ books since then and haven't done any real work in weeks.I used to prefer real paper books to my Kindle books but now that I am using my iPad I actually prefer reading them on the tablet. (Bolding added.) And this is a problem, how??? Lisa Because it is still going on. It's easier for me to lose weight than stop reading.  |
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Post by PolarGreen12 on Apr 23, 2016 1:44:51 GMT
I tried to read that book a year ago but couldn't get into it and decided to just wait for the movie. I saw a clip of it yesterday and it looks awesome! Maybe that's why there are no discounts on the book because they know it's popular now. I now get all my kindle books from the library. I Hope the movie is better than the book. I forced myself to finish it but holy hell it was boring!! I kept waiting for it to get interesting. |
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Post by berty on Apr 23, 2016 2:19:48 GMT
I'm hazy on all the facts and too lazy to google, but I believe there was a big lawsuit settlement within just the past few years regarding the price of ebooks. Apparently, Amazon and other sellers got together and set minimum prices so that competition would not reduce the prices for ebooks.
I remember when ebooks first got started that people predicted the prices would go down after a while, but they never did. I think this deal had a lot to do with that. By the time they got wise to the price setting, consumers had become accustomed to paying a certain price and didn't boycot or anything in an attempt to get prices lowered.
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Post by beepdave on Apr 23, 2016 3:49:42 GMT
an interesting bit about marketing... it costs less to make a hardback than a paperback... but the hardback looks more expensive so they can charge more. Because the paperback is sold in much greater volume, the price can be less even though it costs more to produce it! But yes, I do believe the publishers want the price on kindles to be higher so they don't lose out on their paper publishing as much I worked for a book printer (recently) and this absolutely was not the case. Hard cover definitely costs more to produce! Paperback binding takes only one process after printing/folding, whereas hardcover books have several processes and many more materials, depending on the cover style. |
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Post by M in Carolina on Apr 23, 2016 4:49:06 GMT
Amazon has a Kindle lending library for $10 a month. Thousands and thousands of titles in all genres even best sellers and new releases, and you can have 10 books on your Kindle at a time for as long as you like. Right now I have several books on choosing the right wardrobe and French style/culture.
You can also borrow one book a month for free through the Kindle Lending Library if you're an Amazon Prime member.
I even read most of the Harry Potter books for free through the subscription. There was only one or two that wasn't available.
Between the lending library and the .99-$1.99 sales, I have a ton of books to read.
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Post by scrapaddie on Apr 24, 2016 3:25:40 GMT
an interesting bit about marketing... it costs less to make a hardback than a paperback... but the hardback looks more expensive so they can charge more. Because the paperback is sold in much greater volume, the price can be less even though it costs more to produce it! But yes, I do believe the publishers want the price on kindles to be higher so they don't lose out on their paper publishing as much I worked for a book printer (recently) and this absolutely was not the case. Hard cover definitely costs more to produce! Paperback binding takes only one process after printing/folding, whereas hardcover books have several processes and many more materials, depending on the cover style.w It looks to like you are right. I was quoting someone I heard speak long ago. However, it does look as if the difference in cost to print is nowhere near the difference in price. It does seem to be true that hardbacks are sold for a higher prifit over book. Whole paperbacks are sold (hopefully) in greater numbers but with a slimmer profit. And it looks as if ebooks are affecting the paperback market more than the hardback market. |
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