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Amazonia (original poster member #32810) posted at 1:49 PM on Sunday, September 11th, 2011
Does anyone else get annoyed when the Kindle version of a book is more expensive than the paperback or hardcover!?
I mean, my purpose behind buying a kindle was to have a portable library, but it drives me crazy that I could be getting the physical book for less! 
Shouldn't the lack of printing and paper costs mean we pay less, rather than paying more just for the convenience factor?
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Revkwd ( member #4933) posted at 4:25 PM on Sunday, September 11th, 2011
Raising hand...me, me, me. 
notforgiving ( member #27589) posted at 6:12 PM on Sunday, September 11th, 2011
Totally agree. It makes no sense to me how a physical book can cost more than an electronic copy.
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Amazonia (original poster member #32810) posted at 12:13 AM on Monday, September 12th, 2011
"You yourself deserve your love and affection as much as anybody in the universe." -Buddha
"Let's face it, life is a crap shoot." -Sad in AZ
Lionne ( member #25560) posted at 7:03 AM on Friday, September 16th, 2011
The solution is to try some of the many free or cheap books out there. Some are garbage but I've found treasures.there are a few websites you can subscribe to that send you email recommendations. One is called Daily Cheap Reads. It is pretty good.
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Eudaimonia ( member #32445) posted at 8:53 AM on Friday, September 16th, 2011
Oh, oh, and when there's charts and illustrations:
USELESS.
I'm not happy with mine right now either.
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wantmore ( member #5939) posted at 10:05 PM on Friday, September 16th, 2011
So silly we are! Selling books is all about what they can get, not what it cost to produce.
They do it because they can.
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Amazonia (original poster member #32810) posted at 2:58 AM on Saturday, September 17th, 2011
I do have a LOT of freebie books on my kindle - the frustrating part is when someone tells me, "Oh, you should read this book/series/whatever -- you'd love it!" or when my IC tells me, "read this book as homework" - and then the physical book is a few bucks cheaper (even after shipping!) than the kindle version. I feel like my Prime membership should get me 20% off on kindle books, since they don't have to pay my shipping costs!
"You yourself deserve your love and affection as much as anybody in the universe." -Buddha
"Let's face it, life is a crap shoot." -Sad in AZ
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