Save Money on Ebooks has been published on Minimalist Finance
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It’s widely known that ebooks are much less expensive than traditional books, especially when you are comparing hardcover costs vs. ebook costs. However, being that ebooks are a relatively new to the literature retail landscape, it’s harder to find ways to save money on them. For instance, rarely is there a clearance sale of an ebook. The reason for this is simply that ebooks are not produced in mass quantities. Ebooks are produced once (ie placed in that format once) and redistributed online.
It may be more difficult to save on ebooks, but it’s certainly not impossible. Here are some great tips on how to save:
Share Accounts
Depending on what brand of eReader you have, you may be able to share accounts with your family. This lets you automatically share books on eReaders such as the Kindle. For instance, you can have as many Kindles as you want synced to one Amazon account. Through that Amazon account, when one person buys an ebook, the other people whose Kindles are linked to that Amazon account get that ebook in their library.
Use Your Library
There are many people that still don’t know that libraries do carry ebooks as well as traditional paper books. Some eReaders aren’t supported in public libraries, but most are, and you’ll be able to download your reading material with your library membership for free.
The best part of this is that you don’t have to return the books. They “expire”, so you’ll never forget to drop them off at the library, thereby incurring late charges.
“Lend” and “Borrow” From Friends
Most eReaders allow you to lend and borrow ebooks from/to your friends. Since the (perceived) inability to lend to friends is one reason why people continue to read traditional paper books, this can be a great option.
Why not borrow books from your friends, as an alternative to paying for them?
You do have the ability to save money with ebooks, even though you can’t just go to the used bookstore and pick one up.