What do you consider to be reasonable price for a novel

[Indicterra]

How much are you willing to spend on a book you like to read

 

[PancakesWitch]

depends on volumes? i usually pay as much as 20 usd per volume sometimes

 

[Corty]

Depends. Digital? 10€.

Physical? 70€ but that needs to be QUALITY for that price. And I’m not only speaking about the story but the book itself.

 

[Sabruness]

i prefer physical books so costs are generally higher than digital.
varies greatly, whether it's nonfiction or fiction, availability (like is it in stock in many places so i can ferret for the best price or is it something that is hard to get a hold of).

an edited and tidied up web novel (like some of the novels on SH or RR)? generally $40 AUD is my limit per volume (ah, the curse of bad currency conversion >.>). an actual proper traditional publishing novel? about the same for a paperback, much more for a quality hardcover.

i wont egregiously overpay for a book though.

 

[Dieter]

I've spend 150$ USD on a non-fiction book before (paperback was half-price but I wanted it in hardcover), but I doubt I'll ever spend that much on a physical fiction novel. Thankfully, most aren't expensive. I don't mind spending 50$ on a novel, but I'll only do that if the story deeply moved me, and that I can read it over and over and over again. That all said and done, I mostly get my books for free as epubs.

 

[ThrillingHuman]

If all books are considered, then I could go up to 300$ more or less. When it comes to fiction I will not cross the two digits

 

[2wordsperminute]

Depends on how big the volumes are. But generally, I'd rather not go above 20 even if that means I have to buy a used copy.

 

[Deleted member 84247]

20-40 USD are reasonable prices for most novels. Some go higher with collectors editions and special covers, but those aren't the norm.

Non-fiction books can go for much more.

 

[Lloyd]

$3 digital on Amazon

 

[Representing_Tromba]

Depends on the size of the book.

100+ pages $8-$12
200+ pages $10-$15
300+ pages $13-$18
400+ pages $15-$21
500+ pages $18-$22

 

[Tyranomaster]

It really depends on the quality, size, and author for me.

There is "industry standard" prices, which pretty much everyone should follow. A quick amazon or barnes and noble search will give you those prices for any particular length and genre in paperback. If you're more than a dollar outside that range for no particular reason, the novel goes in my mental blacklist. It takes a lot of hype for it to get removed from that list for me.

However, there are some authors, genres, or otherwise special books that are hardback that I'll pay more for. However, those are a minority. For those, I suppose my upper limit would be like $100 USD a book.

 

[BearlyAlive]

Lower triple digits for antiques and technical stuff, but for novel-novels? 40 bucks is the most I'll pay outside of limited edition hardcovers, and only if the page count is at least above 1200 pages, no matter how much I like the author

 

[georgelee5786]

10-30 bucks unless the edition is special or it's rare etc

 

[CharlesEBrown]

Virtual/epub: Up to $6 when I am working, up to $1 (all prices in USD) when I am not.
Paperback: Up to $10 though I hate paying over $8 unless it is something I really want to read.
Hard Cover: Up to $20.
Game Book: Up to $50, though prefer to be in the 20-30 range.

I love used bookstores but, sadly, almost all of them in our area went out of business just before or during COVID.

 

[3guanoff]

Since thd title says novels, I will assume that's what we are talking about. Of course, legendary works such as the "Waterways and Canal-Building in Medieval England", "The Oxford Handbook of Ethiopian Languages", or "The Military Balance 2024" will cost more. Is it worth it? I would not know.
If you make your books that expensive, ordinary people will not read them.

I only buy if there is an epub. Depending on length, $3-$10.

$15 if you are the mate of a mate and they swear this is the best thing they've ever read.