Random Babblings

I had posted the following on a forum devoted to Nooks.  The topic of conversation was how pricing has been effected by the “Agency Model” ever since Apple got into the eBook game.  It’s really telling on what I’ve done and read with the device since I got it.

It’s funny I was going to edit my signature before I posted this, but it’s very appropriate to what I was going to post:

So some statistics:

My nook was not delayed, matter of fact it shipped Jan 27th.
I did not finish that book.  For multiple reasons, I wanted to play with my Nook, it was dragging anyway, and it wasn’t available in eBook.
Neither I nor my wife have purchased or read a DTB since we got our Nooks.
I have 19 items in my B&N eLibrary, 6 of which were purchased, 8 of which I’ve read.
I’ve purchased 2 books from other sources, both of which I’ve read.
I’ve read 6 other books that I obtained from other free sources.
I’ve not spent more that $7.99 on any one eBook Purchase

Now for some predictions:

I will not purchase or read another DTB for leisure reading.  I qualify the leisure part because as I’ve said elsewhere the nook is not suited towards textbook or  technical reading where flipping back and forth between sections/chapters are necessary.  To the people who would say, but what is XYZ author isn’t available in eBook?  There’s already too many authors that I can’t keep up with as it is, and plenty more new ones that are available in eBook that I haven’t heard of yet.

I will not purchase an eBook for more than $9.99.  Why $9.99 when I haven’t spent more than $7.99 to date.  I do eventually want to finish “Toll the Hounds” (It is book 8 of a series after all) and I just recently realized that it’s has been made available for eBook purchase.  This is a hefty tome in Paperback and cost $9.99 when I bought it that way, so I’m willing to spend the same amount on the eBook.  I’m also willing to let the price rise for inflation, but I’m hoping that the prices will come more in line with “reality” before I have to worry about that.

I’ll continue to love my Nook (and whatever comes after it) to read much faster then I ever have reading dead trees.  I’ll slowly replace my 2000+ collection with eBooks as I want to reread favorites, and maybe I’ll actually be able to let some books go.

So here’s at least one person that can commit to not buying at the inflated pricing.  I have quite a few books on my wish list now that are at these inflated prices.  But I have just as many that aren’t.  Guess which ones will be bought first.