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Girl on a Train worth £6?

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emkana · 08/02/2015 20:33

Not sure if I can justify it though it sounds good...

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CalicoBlue · 08/02/2015 21:40

I read it yesterday. It is good, it is a very easy read, I read it in a day. I did not want to put it down. Sad book with some good twists. Not a very new story though.

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Spatial · 08/02/2015 22:19

Average, not worth £6. The first 15 lives of Harry August, however, I'd have paid a tenner for. It was awesome.

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ChlorinePerfume · 09/02/2015 08:33

I would like to read it but waiting for kindle price to go down... A book has to be really high in my list for me to pay full price for it Blush

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imaginative · 09/02/2015 09:16

This is a hard one. Do I think it is too expensive? Yes. Do I regret paying £6 for it? No, because I thoroughly enjoyed it. But I think it is so greedy asking that much for a kindle version as there are virtually no overheads, unlike print books. The author probably gets very little of it too! I guess it all goes to pay the massive marketing campaign. The book was hyped into the stratosphere. There are plenty of equally good much cheaper books out there.

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areyoutheregoditsmemargaret · 09/02/2015 09:27

The overheads in books have very little to do with the price of producing a book and the cost of editing, proofreading a book and paying the author. If you think the author gets very little of £6 then how much do you think an author gets from 99p? Very few authors make a living wage because the public thinks books, which take years to write, should cost the same as a chocolate bar and much less than a magazine.

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imaginative · 09/02/2015 10:40

Good point.

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Spatial · 09/02/2015 17:54

Indeed, it is shocking how little of JK Rowling's fortune comes from book sales.

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grocklebox · 09/02/2015 17:56

you can get it for free on tuebl.

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DuchessofMalfi · 09/02/2015 20:04

I know nothing about tuebl but that doesn't sound legal or moral to me Grockle. How does the author get paid if books are made available like this? If I want to read a book for free I borrow it from the library.

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Southeastdweller · 09/02/2015 21:10

Why don't you get it from the library? If I want to buy a book I pay about £2 for it from a charity shop, not an option yet with this title of course as it's so new and selling so well.

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imaginative · 09/02/2015 21:49

My conscience wouldn't let me download a book from those pirate sites. No better than shoplifting IMO.

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areyoutheregoditsmemargaret · 10/02/2015 12:24

If you get the book from the library you are a) supporting libraries and b) a small payment is made to the author. Pirate sites are disgusting and are often set ups by organised crime rings.

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emkana · 10/02/2015 13:08

I certainly wouldn't use a pirate site. 52 reservations at the library...might just buy it on Kindle

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Unexpected · 10/02/2015 13:10

There are 170 reservations at my library! Not sure if I want to pay £6 though!

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CalicoBlue · 10/02/2015 19:24

We have a sharing library at work. We bring in books we have read and then others can borrow the books and donate others. Dh says he wants to read it, then I will put it in the work library (box in the kitchen).

Our local train station also has a bookshelf for donating and taking. I often find books there. Dh drops books here too.

I like the idea of recycling and sharing books.

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ShanghaiDiva · 11/02/2015 06:09

Not worth £6 imo.
The sharing library at work sounds like a great idea.

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IHaveBrilloHair · 11/02/2015 06:17

I paid that for it, it was worth it in that I haven't read much lately and it kept me gripped, I finushed it in a day and could then chat to friends about it.
I have just paid the same for, I let you go, for similar reasons and also to take my mind off a hospital appointment I have today.

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