Comments on: How much would you pay for an ebook? http://www.adelejournal.com/2010/03/how-much-would-you-pay-for-an-ebook/ Writing & marketing resources for authors of romance, erotica, pulp, and other adult-oriented genres. Thu, 15 Dec 2011 01:29:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: admin http://www.adelejournal.com/2010/03/how-much-would-you-pay-for-an-ebook/comment-page-1/#comment-1181 admin Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:55:13 +0000 http://www.adelejournal.com/?p=485#comment-1181 Good points -- I didn't even think of the lendability, since my friends&fam have TOTALLY different reading tastes. Thanks for your insight. Good points — I didn’t even think of the lendability, since my friends&fam have TOTALLY different reading tastes. Thanks for your insight.

]]> By: Nobilis http://www.adelejournal.com/2010/03/how-much-would-you-pay-for-an-ebook/comment-page-1/#comment-1180 Nobilis Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:50:24 +0000 http://www.adelejournal.com/?p=485#comment-1180 For me, as a reader, I look at utility. I can lend a paper book to a friend. I can sell it to a used bookstore. I can pass it around my family so we can all read it. I can't (legally) do that with an ebook that has DRM on it. So for me, a DRM'ed ebook has lower utility, and therefore lower value than a paperback. As such, I wouldn't pay more than half a paperback--so, let's call it $3. Needless to say I don't buy DRM'ed ebooks. For ebooks without DRM, I figure I can pass them around the family, and I can probably get away with handing it off to a friend (yeah, I know, legality is weak there) but I can't sell it to a used bookstore, so it's a little less usable. In that case, the value is probably more like $5-10. For me, as a reader, I look at utility.

I can lend a paper book to a friend. I can sell it to a used bookstore. I can pass it around my family so we can all read it.

I can’t (legally) do that with an ebook that has DRM on it.

So for me, a DRM’ed ebook has lower utility, and therefore lower value than a paperback. As such, I wouldn’t pay more than half a paperback–so, let’s call it $3.

Needless to say I don’t buy DRM’ed ebooks.

For ebooks without DRM, I figure I can pass them around the family, and I can probably get away with handing it off to a friend (yeah, I know, legality is weak there) but I can’t sell it to a used bookstore, so it’s a little less usable. In that case, the value is probably more like $5-10.

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