I believe ebooks should cost almost as much as print books. After all, we're paying for the editing, the cover artwork, the formatting, the distribution and, most important, the intellectual content. Writers need paying or they won't be able to write. If they can't afford to write, there will be no great books.
But I would say that, wouldn't I? Ha.
However, I do have limits and I don't like paying much more than £7 for an ebook. If it's a new book from Ruth Rendell or another of my must-buy authors, I'll make an exception but exceptions in the Wells household are few and far between. So how did I hand over £15.75 (about $25.56) for an ebook? I'm still recovering from the shock.
The book in question:
Amazon assure me I have a bargain because the list price for the Kindle edition is £25.75 (about $41.79). Hmm. I haven't read it yet but I'll let you know if it's worth that much.
I haven't read it because I'm currently engrossed in Carol Kilgore's In Name Only. (This is, as Carol puts it, crime fiction with a kiss. And she brings us smoking hot firemen like no one else!)
I'm loving it already - and hey, it only cost £2.64!
So am I crazy to pay £15.75 for an ebook? Or a print book for that matter? Do you buy books or borrow them from libraries? Perhaps you buy them from charity shops? Would you pay £15.75 for an ebook? I'm curious.