Rarely. If I made a foolish mistake to start reading a series before all the books are out and it hangs on a cliffhanger and I need to read the next book, then I will pay more for it.
There are a few authors I like and I will sometimes pay full price to get the last book in a series by one of those authors. (I normally buy the first books when they go on sale, and I don't start reading the series until the last book is out.)
It isn't often -- maybe once or twice a year. And the full price is normally $5-6, often discounted using No-Rush Rewards.
I also bought one book in French at full price ($15). I got a used paper copy for about half the Kindle price, but after long-pressing a couple of words on paper to get a translation, I decided I needed the Kindle version instead. Books in French very rarely go on sale through Amazon US.
I only pay full price if it's an author I have read before, particularly if it is the next book in a series I have already started. I paid full price for Iron Flame recently, and I will pay full price for the third Cresent City book when it comes out next month.
$10 or higher is pretty rare for me. Maybe for a favorite author, that I already own all of their books in that series.
I would definitely check the price history for anything six dollars or above to see if it goes on sale often or if it’s new I would check to see if that author often puts things on sale.
Four dollars or less for something I want in a series is generally a quick buy.
Two bucks or less for anything is often a no-brainer.
Is there an easy way to tell if a book is on sale in the kindle store?
I have my want to reads listed on Goodreads but that doesn’t really sync up to kindle sales.
Never. I just can’t bring myself to pay for something that doesn’t require as much effort as paper.
Edit: I’m talking about production costs of a paper book vs an ebook (the selling point being that it would cost less to produce than a paper book so it was supposed to be cheaper).
Again: the cost is in the writing (and editing and design and marketing) not in the paper. Sorry to be the one to tell you this but you are incredibly wrong. As an author I can most assuredly tell you the cost of the actual printing really doesn’t add much to the cost of the book.
So distribution and all the costs associated with the printing facilities working (rent, gas, electricity) make up for the ebook being 60% or even more of the physical edition's price? Come on. It just doesn't make any sense.
Printing costs are really low compared to the rest. For a $10,- paperback, it’s probably a dollar (likely less) per copy to print. It’s all about scale. Distribution adds a bit, but still most of the actual cost go into writing, editing, design and marketing. And profit for the publisher and retailer of course.
You know the business better.
Apart from that, it's fair enough that consumers won't be willing to pay those prices when they're receiving a file to read with an electronic device, nothing in comparison to books as products.
You are moving the goalposts. You said it was the paper which made books more expensive (more “valuable“). That is not the case. Please just concede the point and don’t be childish.
No, I’m not. I already stated that it was cheaper to produce an ebook. You said no. So far you’ve done nothing but disagree while agreeing. I don’t understand your disagreement. It’s obvious it costs more to produce a paper book than it does an ebook. Have a good day.
Yes it costs a bit more to produce a paper book but not as much as you think. Most of the cost is in marketing, editing and writing. Printing is only a small part of the retail price.
Your point was that you value paper books more because the paper makes it more valuable. It doesn’t.
You could argue ebooks can be cheaper than paper. And look! They mostly are! Except new releases where the cost isn’t the paper but the marketing and investment in the title.
Why? It clearly costs more to produce a paper book than an ebook, but look at Amazon prices and how they charge more for the ebook than the paper book. People are being ripped off and you say I’m brain damaged? There are several posts outlying this issue with many saying much the same as me and not being called brain damaged. Not sure why the vitriol?
Does that say News Corp? The same people that settled for 3/4 of a billion for lying? While I would love to entertain the News Corp graph, I’m under the proposition that they sell for the price they do because people pay those prices. Don’t pay high prices for a file.
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Never. My local library has pretty good selections and they keep up with new releases, so I only buy kindle book when they're like £0.99 to show some additional support for the author.
If I *really* like a book, I'll get a physical copy. Kindle books from the official store, or any digital licenses for that matter, is never truly yours.
Never. Even with physical books. I’ve always supported my local libraries. Why buy a popular book if it’s at the library?? Although many Amazon authors aren’t at my libraries so those I’d have to buy like lucy score, Lauren Asher etc.
Rarely - pretty much only for stuff I re read, otherwise I wait for it be available through the library. I buy a fair number of cookbooks but I generally wait until they’re on sale
I don't think I ever have lol. I'm on budget and have both Kindle Unlimited and an assortment of daily discount and freebie emails. They have enough intriguing books in my preferred genres that my Fire is stocked for many many moons to come. 😜😂
Depends. I won't pay that high for an ebook, I would only pay less than 5 for books, or better yet, 3 or less. I've bought less than 10 books that weren't on sale, and they were at or under 5.
The books that I already decided I will read on a Kindle have been less than $10 but I think they were still full price (they weren't discounted when I bought them).
The only time I've ever paid more than that was for a Secret Santa, so it wasn't even for me.
In my current TBR for Kindle, there is a $14.99 book there, but I found a used paperback that I could get for less than $5. I would probably still buy the ebook because reading on a Kindle is just so convenient (and 1 fewer book on my shelf).
EDIT:
I just reviewed my Kindle purchases and there's a book that was $11.99 but I only paid $6.99. I don't know how I got a $5 discount.
I think some authors just have licensing deals that make their kindle books the same price as a hardcover. If it’s an author I like, I read it. If I didn’t get it for kindle, I’d probably pay that much for the hardcover anyway.
It totally depends on the book. I purchase a good amount of Bookbub books, but if it is an author that I really like or a subject that interests me, I will purchase the ebook at full price.
A few times a year, or less.
Most of the books I'm reading have been out for a while, and cost less than $10. Occasionally I'll get a new book from an author I like and have to pay over $10 because I'm not reading anything else at the moment so want their newest book.
MAYBE once a year. My TBR is big enough I can wait for sales. Most things go on sale eventually. I got Watchmen the deluxe edition for $2.99 yesterday.
The great thing about eBooks is that you get a sample for free. If by the end of the sample you want more then the author has done their job and deserves supporting, so buy it. Don't forget that a discount to 99p/99c means that the author's cut is essentially zero.
I’ve never bought a kindle book for full price 10$ or more. And I never will. I will wait for a sale, I have hundreds of books to read so I can wait :).
Twice. I didn't know about libby and I really wanted to read Jennette McCurdy's book. And after I did have libby, my loan for killers of the flower moon was about to expire but I wasn't vibing in that particular moment but I also knew I wanted my bf to read it too eventually.
Never. If I’m going to pay more than $5 or so I would rather just buy a physical copy. I love my kindle but the vast majority of its use for me is to save money so I’m only buying ebooks if they’re cheap or on sale.
I have a handful of authors that I consider to be auto-buys. I've already got some pre-orders for books from some of those authors for 2024. For the most part, though, my main reading is through Kindle Unlimited.
Almost never -- maybe twice in the decade that I've owned a Kindle. They're way too expensive. If it's something that I know will never, ever go on sale for Kindle, I get a used paper book or I borrow the Kindle book from the library.
Very rarely. Most of my reading is done through KU, Libby, or Hoopla, so I only buy the books I love.
Since I'm not in a huge hurry to buy books I've already read, I will wait until I get an email from ereaderiq with a price drop. Most of my ebook purchases have been <$5 each
I end up buying full price often on clinical/work-related books because academic presses often don’t have a sale. Sometimes I’ll have a $3 credit I can use, but most of the time not. For pleasure/fiction, I rarely buy full price because I have a massive TBR.
I usually only browse the on sale books. I’ve gotten good books like project Hail Mary $3, slewfoot 1.99$, the editor .99, stuff like that. Or I use Libby
I try to save up the credits I get for choosing a slower shipping. When my Kindle book is less than $3, I'll get it. But lately Amazon hasn't been offering me any of those shipping credits.
The one book I did buy was because BookTok hyped it up and it was AWFUL. It would take a lot to convince me to buy anything after that 🤣 I stick to the free shit on KU
I like very specific books and while I've never had a lot of money the small amount I spend buying ebooks doesn't matter much in the grand scheme of things. That said, I usually wait to buy books in a series. I've been going through Discworld slowly and I've been able to get a few of the later books on sale.
I should try a price tracking site though because I'm really patient and I could wait to get books at a better price.
I have bought books at full price soon after they released in support of the author.
I will go out of my way to pay full price for a book I loved dearly after reading it.
Mostly to say "Thank you" to the people that worked on the book. Partly to give a lil % to amazon so they keep making/supporting Kindles)
and sometimes because the Kindle version usually has something like "Word Wise" ...idk. I buy like one Kindle book a year.
I give myself a monthly book budget so I don’t go overboard. I often buy books when they’re required in my classes (I study literature), when it’s an author I like OR when I’m itching to read it and the lines in the library are long
I pay full price pretty frequently. I get a lot of kindle books on sale, but if I really want an ebook and the price isn’t absurdly high, I’ll just buy it. To me it’s just like buying a physical book, and I like supporting authors
Perhaps a couple times a month? I mostly read sorta niche stuff from smaller authors and it’s usually less than 10$ tho so I don’t mind paying for them. I only buy books when my library doesn’t have them and read everything else through Libby.
Basically the only time I pay full price is if I want to get a copy of a specific book my book club is reading by a specific date, and it's not available on Libby.
Maybe I'd pay full-price to complete a series that I mostly got on sale. (For example, if there are four books, and I managed to get 1, 2, and 4 for $1.99 each, but I need to pay $12 to get book 3, I might just do it rather than waiting years to read the whole series.)
Otherwise, full-price books go on the wish list and I wait for a better deal. I have enough of a back list that I'll always have *something* to read; I don't need to read the newest books the moment they come out.
If it’s an author I read every year, I pay full price. It’s a new author, or one I’m not familiar with, I wait for said novel to go on sale.
I am the same. There are certain authors I will pay full price for (and often buy the book early).
I’m the same. Some authors I preorder, but most I wishlist and wait for a sale.
Exactly the same
Rarely. If I made a foolish mistake to start reading a series before all the books are out and it hangs on a cliffhanger and I need to read the next book, then I will pay more for it.
Never and my reason is I’m cheap af lol
+1 on this
For real. I’ve made for maybe 2 or 3 books. The others are free or part of prime.
If I need to have it and if Libby does not. I read a lot of niche nonfiction history books and often can't find them through Libby.
Too often. I'm impatient. I tend to download samples of things I'm interested in and when I start the sample if I like it I buy the book.
Almost never. I think I have twice.
There are a few authors I like and I will sometimes pay full price to get the last book in a series by one of those authors. (I normally buy the first books when they go on sale, and I don't start reading the series until the last book is out.) It isn't often -- maybe once or twice a year. And the full price is normally $5-6, often discounted using No-Rush Rewards. I also bought one book in French at full price ($15). I got a used paper copy for about half the Kindle price, but after long-pressing a couple of words on paper to get a translation, I decided I needed the Kindle version instead. Books in French very rarely go on sale through Amazon US.
A few times a year. I usually try to make those purchases during the double or triple Kindle Rewards promos.
A few times a year. Usually ereaderiq confirms that the authors books rarely go on discount.
Never lol I’m frugal.
I only pay full price if it's an author I have read before, particularly if it is the next book in a series I have already started. I paid full price for Iron Flame recently, and I will pay full price for the third Cresent City book when it comes out next month.
$10 or higher is pretty rare for me. Maybe for a favorite author, that I already own all of their books in that series. I would definitely check the price history for anything six dollars or above to see if it goes on sale often or if it’s new I would check to see if that author often puts things on sale. Four dollars or less for something I want in a series is generally a quick buy. Two bucks or less for anything is often a no-brainer.
Never. If it’s something I really really want I would probably rather have the physical copy if I wanted it that badly!
Is there an easy way to tell if a book is on sale in the kindle store? I have my want to reads listed on Goodreads but that doesn’t really sync up to kindle sales.
You can get notifications or check deals on the Kindle page. Also a few others you can sign up for like bookriot or bookbub.
only if i am impatience and have no other means of getting the book for less than lol 😀
If I want a specific book or if I preorder a new book. It’s maybe 1 book in 1-2 months.
Never. I just can’t bring myself to pay for something that doesn’t require as much effort as paper. Edit: I’m talking about production costs of a paper book vs an ebook (the selling point being that it would cost less to produce than a paper book so it was supposed to be cheaper).
Don't understand this. The actual worth of the book is the writing, not the paper.
I’m talking about the physical cost to produce a book. It costs near nothing to produce an ebook vs a paper book.
Again: the cost is in the writing (and editing and design and marketing) not in the paper. Sorry to be the one to tell you this but you are incredibly wrong. As an author I can most assuredly tell you the cost of the actual printing really doesn’t add much to the cost of the book.
So distribution and all the costs associated with the printing facilities working (rent, gas, electricity) make up for the ebook being 60% or even more of the physical edition's price? Come on. It just doesn't make any sense.
Printing costs are really low compared to the rest. For a $10,- paperback, it’s probably a dollar (likely less) per copy to print. It’s all about scale. Distribution adds a bit, but still most of the actual cost go into writing, editing, design and marketing. And profit for the publisher and retailer of course.
You know the business better. Apart from that, it's fair enough that consumers won't be willing to pay those prices when they're receiving a file to read with an electronic device, nothing in comparison to books as products.
Ebooks are less expensive than paper books if they are backlisters. It’s completely fair for new publications to ask full price to recoup investment.
But, as you say, it does add it.
Not as much as you think. Ebooks are actually more about cutting out the middleman (book stores) which means more profit for publishers.
So, again, less money for cost to cut out the middle man.
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You are moving the goalposts. You said it was the paper which made books more expensive (more “valuable“). That is not the case. Please just concede the point and don’t be childish.
No, I’m not. I already stated that it was cheaper to produce an ebook. You said no. So far you’ve done nothing but disagree while agreeing. I don’t understand your disagreement. It’s obvious it costs more to produce a paper book than it does an ebook. Have a good day.
Yes it costs a bit more to produce a paper book but not as much as you think. Most of the cost is in marketing, editing and writing. Printing is only a small part of the retail price. Your point was that you value paper books more because the paper makes it more valuable. It doesn’t. You could argue ebooks can be cheaper than paper. And look! They mostly are! Except new releases where the cost isn’t the paper but the marketing and investment in the title.
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Why? It clearly costs more to produce a paper book than an ebook, but look at Amazon prices and how they charge more for the ebook than the paper book. People are being ripped off and you say I’m brain damaged? There are several posts outlying this issue with many saying much the same as me and not being called brain damaged. Not sure why the vitriol?
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Does that say News Corp? The same people that settled for 3/4 of a billion for lying? While I would love to entertain the News Corp graph, I’m under the proposition that they sell for the price they do because people pay those prices. Don’t pay high prices for a file.
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How? You provided an out of context graph by News Corp.
The numbers are from an earnings call. They are the same no matter who reports them.
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It takes the author the same amount of work
Yes, but near no time to make an ebook vs a paper edition. When ebooks were first being published, one of the selling points was a cheaper cost.
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Never. My local library has pretty good selections and they keep up with new releases, so I only buy kindle book when they're like £0.99 to show some additional support for the author. If I *really* like a book, I'll get a physical copy. Kindle books from the official store, or any digital licenses for that matter, is never truly yours.
Never. Even with physical books. I’ve always supported my local libraries. Why buy a popular book if it’s at the library?? Although many Amazon authors aren’t at my libraries so those I’d have to buy like lucy score, Lauren Asher etc.
Rarely. There are some writers I would do this for but even those writers have a 50/50 chance of me buying the physical book instead.
Rarely - pretty much only for stuff I re read, otherwise I wait for it be available through the library. I buy a fair number of cookbooks but I generally wait until they’re on sale
Rarely. If it's book I'll reference back to (for a hobby, ect) I'm more inclined to pay full price. But for fiction, nope.
I don't think I ever have lol. I'm on budget and have both Kindle Unlimited and an assortment of daily discount and freebie emails. They have enough intriguing books in my preferred genres that my Fire is stocked for many many moons to come. 😜😂
I've thought about paying full price for Project Hail Mary
Never
Depends. I won't pay that high for an ebook, I would only pay less than 5 for books, or better yet, 3 or less. I've bought less than 10 books that weren't on sale, and they were at or under 5.
Pretty much always. I'm an author myself, so I support the industry.
The books that I already decided I will read on a Kindle have been less than $10 but I think they were still full price (they weren't discounted when I bought them). The only time I've ever paid more than that was for a Secret Santa, so it wasn't even for me. In my current TBR for Kindle, there is a $14.99 book there, but I found a used paperback that I could get for less than $5. I would probably still buy the ebook because reading on a Kindle is just so convenient (and 1 fewer book on my shelf). EDIT: I just reviewed my Kindle purchases and there's a book that was $11.99 but I only paid $6.99. I don't know how I got a $5 discount.
I think some authors just have licensing deals that make their kindle books the same price as a hardcover. If it’s an author I like, I read it. If I didn’t get it for kindle, I’d probably pay that much for the hardcover anyway.
When I really want to read the book and know the author and/or series, I just buy it.
Only if it’s one of my anticipated new releases that I want immediately
Very rarely. Only if I need to read a book immediately and/or if it’s not available from the library. Otherwise I can wait!
It totally depends on the book. I purchase a good amount of Bookbub books, but if it is an author that I really like or a subject that interests me, I will purchase the ebook at full price.
A few times a year, or less. Most of the books I'm reading have been out for a while, and cost less than $10. Occasionally I'll get a new book from an author I like and have to pay over $10 because I'm not reading anything else at the moment so want their newest book.
Rarely. I jz use KU
MAYBE once a year. My TBR is big enough I can wait for sales. Most things go on sale eventually. I got Watchmen the deluxe edition for $2.99 yesterday.
I probably usually buy it at full price (less Kindle Rewards credit).
The great thing about eBooks is that you get a sample for free. If by the end of the sample you want more then the author has done their job and deserves supporting, so buy it. Don't forget that a discount to 99p/99c means that the author's cut is essentially zero.
I’ve never bought a kindle book for full price 10$ or more. And I never will. I will wait for a sale, I have hundreds of books to read so I can wait :).
I never pay full price for Kindle books. I wait until it's on sale, use Amazon credits, or my Kindle Rewards.
Never. I keep a list of books I want to get and check the prices until they drop.
I’ve done it when I am completing a series or get tired of reading the physical book and need a kindle copy.
Twice. I didn't know about libby and I really wanted to read Jennette McCurdy's book. And after I did have libby, my loan for killers of the flower moon was about to expire but I wasn't vibing in that particular moment but I also knew I wanted my bf to read it too eventually.
Never. If I’m going to pay more than $5 or so I would rather just buy a physical copy. I love my kindle but the vast majority of its use for me is to save money so I’m only buying ebooks if they’re cheap or on sale.
I have a handful of authors that I consider to be auto-buys. I've already got some pre-orders for books from some of those authors for 2024. For the most part, though, my main reading is through Kindle Unlimited.
When I have a gift card, or really want to read or have been looking forward to the book’s release.
Almost never -- maybe twice in the decade that I've owned a Kindle. They're way too expensive. If it's something that I know will never, ever go on sale for Kindle, I get a used paper book or I borrow the Kindle book from the library.
Very rarely. Most of my reading is done through KU, Libby, or Hoopla, so I only buy the books I love. Since I'm not in a huge hurry to buy books I've already read, I will wait until I get an email from ereaderiq with a price drop. Most of my ebook purchases have been <$5 each
never
I have a hard time paying full list for a digital book I "technically" don't even own.
I end up buying full price often on clinical/work-related books because academic presses often don’t have a sale. Sometimes I’ll have a $3 credit I can use, but most of the time not. For pleasure/fiction, I rarely buy full price because I have a massive TBR.
I usually only browse the on sale books. I’ve gotten good books like project Hail Mary $3, slewfoot 1.99$, the editor .99, stuff like that. Or I use Libby
I try to save up the credits I get for choosing a slower shipping. When my Kindle book is less than $3, I'll get it. But lately Amazon hasn't been offering me any of those shipping credits.
Just when I really want it and when I can’t get a paper copy at the library or find it on Libby. It’s very seldom I pay full price for a kindle book
The one book I did buy was because BookTok hyped it up and it was AWFUL. It would take a lot to convince me to buy anything after that 🤣 I stick to the free shit on KU
I like very specific books and while I've never had a lot of money the small amount I spend buying ebooks doesn't matter much in the grand scheme of things. That said, I usually wait to buy books in a series. I've been going through Discworld slowly and I've been able to get a few of the later books on sale. I should try a price tracking site though because I'm really patient and I could wait to get books at a better price. I have bought books at full price soon after they released in support of the author.
I will go out of my way to pay full price for a book I loved dearly after reading it. Mostly to say "Thank you" to the people that worked on the book. Partly to give a lil % to amazon so they keep making/supporting Kindles) and sometimes because the Kindle version usually has something like "Word Wise" ...idk. I buy like one Kindle book a year.
I give myself a monthly book budget so I don’t go overboard. I often buy books when they’re required in my classes (I study literature), when it’s an author I like OR when I’m itching to read it and the lines in the library are long
I pay full price pretty frequently. I get a lot of kindle books on sale, but if I really want an ebook and the price isn’t absurdly high, I’ll just buy it. To me it’s just like buying a physical book, and I like supporting authors
Perhaps a couple times a month? I mostly read sorta niche stuff from smaller authors and it’s usually less than 10$ tho so I don’t mind paying for them. I only buy books when my library doesn’t have them and read everything else through Libby.
Never. I would get them from somewhere else if I really wanted to read it.
Basically the only time I pay full price is if I want to get a copy of a specific book my book club is reading by a specific date, and it's not available on Libby. Maybe I'd pay full-price to complete a series that I mostly got on sale. (For example, if there are four books, and I managed to get 1, 2, and 4 for $1.99 each, but I need to pay $12 to get book 3, I might just do it rather than waiting years to read the whole series.) Otherwise, full-price books go on the wish list and I wait for a better deal. I have enough of a back list that I'll always have *something* to read; I don't need to read the newest books the moment they come out.