Things I am struggling with today

[danieldwilliam]

I am struggling with two things today.

The first is an awkward macro.

The second is why I would buy a Kindle when Kindle books appear to cost more than their paperback equivalent.

Comments

[widgetfox.livejournal.com]

Storage space. I took 130 books on holiday on my Kindle.

Also, I don't think it's universally true that the Kindle version costs more. I hesitate to generalise from my experience but I'm definitely paying less on average.

[danieldwilliam.livejournal.com]

Storage space is a good shout. The avoided costs of additional bookshelves are probably worth the investment.

Many of the books I was looking at are a little cheaper. Sufficient for a 2 year payback or there abouts. However a few were considerably more expensive.

I'll take your word on the long term average price per unitbut so far my own data is mixed.

[f4f3.livejournal.com]

There's a lot of "free". Everything out of copyright, for a start. And most of the commercial stuff I've bought has been on some kind of offer, or unavailable elsewhere. When Surface Detail came out it was half the price of the hardback (or less) and the same went for the latest Pratchett. Plus, there's a whole lot of stuff coming out which is in copyright but out of print, especially SF.

[danieldwilliam.livejournal.com]

Aye - I bumped into some of the free stuff after I'd posted.

I suppose the correct comparison is kindle price vs hardback price for new releases rather than kindle price vs expected paper back price.

Out of print stuff is also a good shout.

Cheers. (hope you're work load is not so bad soon)