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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I spot checked a few things I'm reading, they're about 20-50% more expensive. It kind of looks like they're just a new front end for Barnes & Noble, but with worse curation

You can also go directly to the publishers and save a couple of bucks.

I'm down for paying a bit more at a local retail store, or maybe even a few percent on an online store. But I have to pay $47.24 for Dune, I'm probably just going to pirate it.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Understandable. FWIW members (15 USD/month at this time) get a discount and the option to use one of the credits you get each month. So Dune can be had for 14.99. I get the pricey books with credits, others I use the discount for. It's a bit odd and I don't love memberships, but I do want to support ownership models where they still exist.

If you share access with friends and family using a self-hosted audiobook server then the value really sky-rockets.