Book Prices!!!!!

[kythe]

JJewel, I noticed your book information in your footer, and bought it on Kindle.

Before I bought my Kindle, I had been reading H.P. Lovecraft and Edgar Allen Poe stories online because they are free through Gutenberg and other sources. But I was complaining of eyestrain from focusing on an electronic screen so long. My daughter "fixed" that problem by buying me a hardback copy of The Complete Works of Edgar Allen Poe for Christmas so I could read them comfortably. I also now have The Complete Works of H.P. Lovecraft on my Kindle.

So I see you are a Lovecraft fan as well, and wrote a book based on the Cthulhu mythos. This is too interesting to pass up.

 

[Parson]

A few months ago I subscribed to Audible. I have listened to some really good books, and I like the feeling of being read to. But now that the promotional price is up, I am canceling because the regular price of $15/month seems very expensive for an equivalent of one book a month.

If you really love Audible books there is another way to get them at very reduced prices. Subscribe to Kindle Unlimited --- $10 a month? --- Often the "free" books --- the authors do get a cut of the fee --- will come with either a free Audible book included or at a greatly reduced price, often in the $1.99 category. I've listened to literally dozens of books this way. --- You can have up to 10 books out at a time with the associated Audible book. The last I looked those continued to be available to me after I returned the books.

 

[JJewel]

Unfort for me I have all of the above and books to

But since I dont get the chance to read much I have a stack very high of unreads, was considering photographing and putting it up here to highlight my shame

 

[JJewel]

JJewel, I noticed your book information in your footer, and bought it on Kindle.

Before I bought my Kindle, I had been reading H.P. Lovecraft and Edgar Allen Poe stories online because they are free through Gutenberg and other sources. But I was complaining of eyestrain from focusing on an electronic screen so long. My daughter "fixed" that problem by buying me a hardback copy of The Complete Works of Edgar Allen Poe for Christmas so I could read them comfortably. I also now have The Complete Works of H.P. Lovecraft on my Kindle.

So I see you are a Lovecraft fan as well, and wrote a book based on the Cthulhu mythos. This is too interesting to pass up.

Thank you Kythe, I have just released the second in the series and the third I am writing although the first Feral story is already running to 60 pages and unfinished which is an issue for a short story.

I do hope you like it and to say I am nervous of your re-action is an understatement, previous it has always been strangers or friends that have read my stuff

I have both the books you mention but in hardback form as I have mentioned before that I enjoy the feel / touch / smell of a book a lot more than the kindle experience, albeit the Kindle is a much cheaper option

I am looking forward to your feedback of my work good or bad!

 

[kythe]

Jjewel, I just put some feedback on your profile.

In other news, I decided to keep subscribing to Audible after all. There are some books (like Joe Abercrombie's First Law trilogy) which are on Audible but not in audiobook form in my local library. There is a point to be made that if I'm willing to pay $15/month for Netflix for a few hours entertainment, I can do the same for books.

Another aspect to audiobooks and their cost may be royalties paid to the person narrating the story as well as the author. More goes into the creation of an audiobook than one only in written form.

 

[Vladd67]

Jjewel, I just put some feedback on your profile.

In other news, I decided to keep subscribing to Audible after all. There are some books (like Joe Abercrombie's First Law trilogy) which are on Audible but not in audiobook form in my local library. There is a point to be made that if I'm willing to pay $15/month for Netflix for a few hours entertainment, I can do the same for books.

Another aspect to audiobooks and their cost may be royalties paid to the person narrating the story as well as the author. More goes into the creation of an audiobook than one only in written form.

Also when you get fed up with a book just tell audible you didn't enjoy it and you can trade it in for a credit.

 

[Danny McG]

. I grudge every penny I spend on SKY

Thus speaks the Scot

 

[Laura R Hepworth]

And, thus, the reason my personal library is not as large as I would like it to be! Buying new, while I understand the prices, is just not a sustainable option for me right now. With the exception of nonfiction books for my for jewellery/digital illustration reference library, I mostly buy second-hand books at thrift shops, yard sales, library book sales, etc. My elibrary though is huge and, nearly all, of my 1,843 ebooks I've gotten for free from the ebook deal sites that I visit daily. I still much prefer reading an actual paperback/hardcover, but there are definite advantages to ebooks. I also use it to check if I like a book enough to, someday, get a physical copy of if it's available.

 

[Vertigo]

I've just been buying my next batch of 20 books for reading and I have been seeing a growing trend in the pricing. These days all my purchases are ebooks and I compare the price of buying each book from Amazon and Kobo. When I first started doing this Amazon was almost invariably cheaper but that has gradually been shifting and on this occasion out of the 20 books I bought 18 were either the same or cheaper from Kobo. Of the other two, one was not available on Kobo and the other was on a limited time cheap 99p deal on Amazon.

More and more often I am now finding Amazon are not the cheapest option for books and pretty much any other stuff from bread flour to electronics. The same goes for ebay which I now almost never buy from as everything seems so expensive.

It's interesting how these things evolve. Amazon used to be the cheapest but now so many people are tied into Amazon by buying a Kindle and being unfamiliar with converting formats it's easy for Amazon to push their prices up!

 

[tinkerdan]

Though I've noticed prices going up on Amazon.
I buy a serious number of used books and usually get a fair price on them with free delivery--since delivery is usually around $4 US anything 4 plus what I'm willing to pay, is a fair price unless the ebook is less.

I've also noticed even with established authors that sometimes when searching for a fair price there are items that are no longer available or limited available that are way overpriced and often that's all they seem to have. But, with a bit of digging and searching I have found a second author page for the author that has a reasonable price on the book I want.