Reading, ethics and costs.

[Pat "5mph"]

I do not think any of this is crystal clear for any method of reading. I do have one thing my partner said. Isn't it wrong for things to be too cheap? I mean it promotes consumerism but also you do not get anything goood for long if it is sold too cheaply. If you do not pay much for the book in any media then there is less for the author to get. What is the author's percentage on 72 pence?? How many books do you have to sell to get the minimum wage for that ebook??? Nothing cheap is completely innocent and good. Take fast fashion sold cheaply but then thrown away quickly too. It all adds up.

Charity shops sometimes sell 3 paperbacks for a pound.
Rome's very popular second hand books flea market sells books for a few pounds each.
Those and the 72p Ebook are not going to be the latest bestsellers or indeed most probably the book you are looking for.
So you buy a new book for £17.99 or an Ebook for £12.99.

 

[Time Waster]

Charity shops sometimes sell 3 paperbacks for a pound.
Rome's very popular second hand books flea market sells books for a few pounds each.
Those and the 72p Ebook are not going to be the latest bestsellers or indeed most probably the book you are looking for.
So you buy a new book for £17.99 or an Ebook for £12.99.

Ebook was 72p, Amazon fullfilled paperback £13.99 and Waterstones bookstore in Manchester was ,,£17.99 for the same paperback.

BTW I heard that in Paris flea markets they sell secondhand books by weight.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

BTW I heard that in Paris flea markets they sell secondhand books by weight.

It's possible; I have never been to Paris, can't read French anyway
On the by, I once managed to collect all the Discworld series from charity shops, took me a good couple of years and many charity shops visits!