Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Croesus" data-source="post: 5627995" data-attributes="member: 35019">Highly unlikely.When a book comes out, potential buyers fall into various groups:-Those who want the book so badly they pre-order, are waiting at the door of their local bookstore, etc.-Those who are interested and will buy the book soon after release-Those who are on the fence, waiting for good reviews or a friend's recommendation-Those who check it out from the library or borrow a copy. Some portion of these will like it enough to buy a copy.-Those who do not buy immediately, instead waiting to see if the series has legs, if it ever gets completed, etc.So long as a book has a sufficient number of customers who fall into the first few categories, then those in the last couple can maximize their personal spending by waiting. And if there aren't enough in the first few categories? It's a good bet the series is lousy and isn't worth getting anyway.BTW, this works for many items that we pay for. Whether we're talking new tech, software, movies, shows, music, whatever - those who are willing to pay to get it right away subsidize those of us who don't. It's the free market at its finest.</blockquote>