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Price of kindle books!

  • 18-06-2012 08:17PM
    #1
    Cork24
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,663 ✭✭✭


    I was looking at a few books and when I saw the price of the ebook to a paper book my jaw nearly hit the floor it's a joke you not saving anything but in fact costing more for ebooks

    No wonder torrents are growing

    So do you pay or torrent your books


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  • #2
    leggo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,057 ✭✭✭leggo


    Books are one thing I definitely wouldn't torrent. Don't ask me why, I'm sure just as much work goes into producing a good album and moreso into a movie/TV show etc, but I write myself so just couldn't bring myself to do that.*

    *That is unless I've bought the book already and want it as an ebook. I'm not paying for it twice.


  • #3
    aaronjumper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,128 ✭✭✭✭aaronjumper


    The fact that you can store loads of books in a tiny space. That you could take it with you to read any book you want instead of dragging a trailer full behind you. It's supposed to be for people that travel a lot.


  • #4
    Shenshen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,453 ✭✭✭Shenshen


    I don't have a Kindle, I don't like them. I own around 2000 books, all in paper.

    I do however have an iPad, and I have some books on this, all classics you can get for free legally.


  • #5
    Nichololas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,186 ✭✭✭Nichololas


    aaronjumper wrote: »
    The fact that you can store loads of books in a tiny space. That you could take it with you to read any book you want instead of dragging a trailer full behind you. It's supposed to be for people that travel a lot.

    Yeah, and all the printing and manufacturing costs.. Wait.


  • #6
    Dravokivich
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,424 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    Disagreeing with the price of something is not a reason to take it for free.


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  • #7
    sock puppet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,586 ✭✭✭sock puppet


    While on average eBooks should be a little cheaper books don't cost much at all to produce, so eBooks should only be a little cheaper than paper books.


  • #8
    desertcircus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,648 ✭✭✭desertcircus


    I've found the opposite; most of the books I've thought to check in the Kindle Store have been significantly cheaper than the paper equivalents. Reasonably newly published books are usually the same in dollars as paper books are in euro.


  • #9
    MagicMarker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 32,865 ✭✭✭✭MagicMarker


    Astonishingly, ebooks cost pretty much the same as hardcopies to produce. Sucks but it's true.

    Oh, and BTW, kindles are the greatest gadget in existence. I'd be lost without mine.


  • #10
    Cork24
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,663 ✭✭✭Cork24


    I know it cost the same to for both sides of the book but once it's writing surly the ebook should cost less,

    I'm looking at computer books which each can cost anything from 40 to 120 euros


  • #11
    Run_to_da_hills
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,009 ✭✭✭✭Run_to_da_hills


    MagicMarker wrote: »
    Astonishingly, ebooks cost pretty much the same as hardcopies to produce. Sucks but it's true.

    Oh, and BTW, kindles are the greatest gadget in existence. I'd be lost without mine.

    How could that be?

    Initial prototype copy maybe but once a digital copy is mastered it can be streamed through a server indefinably without extra print, hard copy or distribution expenses.


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  • #12
    --LOS--
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,028 ✭✭✭✭--LOS--


    newsflash you can download them for free


  • #13
    UglyBolloxFace
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,867 ✭✭✭UglyBolloxFace


    Cork24 wrote: »
    I was looking at a few books and when I saw the price of the ebook to a paper book my jaw nearly hit the floor it's a joke you not saving anything but in fact costing more for ebooks

    No wonder torrents are growing

    So do you pay or torrent your books

    Nice try, FBI.


  • #14
    Jimoslimos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,930 ✭✭✭Jimoslimos


    Shenshen wrote: »
    I don't have a Kindle, I don't like them. I own around 2000 books, all in paper.

    I do however have an iPad, and I have some books on this, all classics you can get for free legally.
    Preferring paper books is one thing, but for a dedicated reading device, Kindles or any of the other e-ink readers are far superior to a backlit LCD iPad screen.


  • #15
    tigger123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,815 ✭✭✭tigger123


    Jimoslimos wrote: »
    Preferring paper books is one thing, but for a dedicated reading device, Kindles or any of the other e-ink readers are far superior to a backlit LCD iPad screen.

    + 1. I have a Sony E-Reader since Christmas, it's my most prized possession, goes everywhere with me.


  • #16
    Shenshen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,453 ✭✭✭Shenshen


    Jimoslimos wrote: »
    Preferring paper books is one thing, but for a dedicated reading device, Kindles or any of the other e-ink readers are far superior to a backlit LCD iPad screen.

    To be perfectly honest, I don't have the money to spend to buy something with only one function, namely to allow me to read books at the same price as paper ones...


  • #17
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 18,046 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Go to the library.


  • #18
    Gloomtastic!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,870 ✭✭✭Gloomtastic!


    MagicMarker wrote: »
    Astonishingly, ebooks cost pretty much the same as hardcopies to produce. Sucks but it's true.

    Oh, and BTW, kindles are the greatest gadget in existence. I'd be lost without mine.

    How so? No pre press, print, paper or distribution costs.


  • #19
    phasers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,159 ✭✭✭✭phasers


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Go to the library.
    I want to go to the library but I think I owe them a ton of money... I miss the library...

    Anyway I torrent some books (I'll be fcuked if I'm paying for The Hunger Games) but there's no real selection. If I actually want a book I go and buy a real copy.


  • #20
    sock puppet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,586 ✭✭✭sock puppet


    Run_to_da_hills wrote: »
    How could that be?

    Initial prototype copy maybe but once a digital copy is mastered it can be streamed through a server indefinably without extra print, hard copy or distribution expenses.
    Gloomtastic! wrote: »
    How so? No pre press, print, paper or distribution costs.

    Do you guys buy blank books and fill them in yourselves or something?


  • #21
    Cork24
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,663 ✭✭✭Cork24


    --LOS-- wrote: »
    newsflash you can download them for free


    Really ?? :eek::eek:


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  • #22
    Cork24
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,663 ✭✭✭Cork24


    UglyBolloxFace wrote: »
    Nice try, FBI.


    I wish i worked for them


  • #23
    The_Minister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,255 ✭✭✭✭The_Minister


    Shenshen wrote: »
    To be perfectly honest, I don't have the money to spend to buy something with only one function, namely to allow me to read books at the same price as paper ones...

    You can get a huge number of books for free, legally, from websites such as Gutenberg.org


  • #24
    FullRetard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 115 ✭✭FullRetard


    I have a kindle and love it.Just dont have room to keep all my hard copy books and end up selling most of them.

    Have I torrented some books?Yes but to be honest any book released by one of my favourite authors will be bought @20+€;(hardback).

    also a lot of books I have read that have been torrented I wouldnt of bought anyway so the author wouldnt of made money either way.

    For me personally I have never had a problem paying top dollar for new books or games,only download ones I normaly wouldnt read or play and more often than not wouldnt continue past the first few chapters


  • #25
    robinph
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,146 ✭✭✭✭robinph


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Go to the library.

    You can get ebooks for free from the library as well:

    http://digitallibrary.southdublin.ie/

    or free from Amazon:

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/b/ref=amb_link_157681107_37?ie=UTF8&node=434020031&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=left-2&pf_rd_r=0SENE4VZJGBHRDAXGZ7S&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=298664427&pf_rd_i=341689031

    or free from Project Gutenberg:

    http://www.gutenberg.org/

    or many other places, and all legally.


  • #26
    Giselle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,540 ✭✭✭Giselle


    I would love the creative ability to write, and write well. Its a talent I really admire and reading is my great love. I would never deny an author an income from their work, they deserve it for giving me the pleasure and escapism of their stories. So no, I've never downloaded books illegally.

    I have a kindle and even though I'm a complete techno-idiot, its my favourite thing ever. I have a backlit Kindle Fire tablet/eReader that I use to read in the dark in bed, and I bought a regular Kindle Touch that comes everywhere with me. Everywhere I go, I take at least 200 books because of that Kindle. I used to be devoted to paper, never saw myself embracing the Kindle, but now I never look back.

    Every cent I spend on Kindle books is money well spent for the enjoyment they give me.


  • #27
    Sulla Felix
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,442 ✭✭✭Sulla Felix


    FullRetard wrote: »

    also a lot of books I have read that have been torrented I wouldnt of bought anyway so the author wouldnt of made money either way.

    For me personally I have never had a problem paying top dollar for new books or games,only download ones I normaly wouldnt read or play and more often than not wouldnt continue past the first few chapters
    I don't understand that logic whatsoever. You get all the benefit of reading the book, watching the movie or whatever, but none of the guild because "I wouldn't have paid money for it if it wasn't available for free" basically?


    Anyway, link for people saying ebooks are free to produce.

    http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/e-books-do-not-cost-nothing-to-produce/


  • #28
    Sarn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,180 ✭✭✭Sarn


    I agree that there is an initial cost in putting together an ebook. However, after that initial outlay the cost drops significantly. This should be reflected in the price of the ebook over time. As the books I read are generally half the price in paperback, I am reluctant to pay the premium for ebooks at the moment.


  • #29
    The Snipe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,484 ✭✭✭The Snipe


    I've a kindle and I find the books are very cheap, then again, I order from Amazon.com not UK because its cheaper :)


  • #30
    Giselle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,540 ✭✭✭Giselle


    The Snipe wrote: »
    I've a kindle and I find the books are very cheap, then again, I order from Amazon.com not UK because its cheaper :)

    I don't think you actually have a choice from where you order.


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  • #31
    The Snipe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,484 ✭✭✭The Snipe


    Giselle wrote: »
    I don't think you actually have a choice from where you order.

    Nope, my account is set up with Amazon.com and I get charged in USD.


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