I've found myself falling into this pattern, and wondering if others share it:
a. I see a 50% off book at O'Reilly that I'm interested in.
b. I check the price at Amazon.com. The regular price is usually a few dollars more than the discount price at oreilly.com.
c. I purchase the book at Amazon because it is just easier, even if it slightly more money.
I actually feel a bit bad about this: I'd rather give the money to Tim and Co directly. And, yes, I know it isn't that hard to do this from the O'Reilly site...
I much prefer buying directly at O'Reilly, given that they can sync the books straight to my Dropbox in both Kindle format and a variety of others, and I particularly like supporting them for their lack of DRM..
Yes, but the fonts, layouts, tables, diagrams, etc don't translate that well... sometimes OK, sometimes really bad.
I'd rather get a epub directly and save conversions for books that aren't in epub format at all, like fiction/non-fiction kindle format. Text-only or mostly text conversions (e.g. mobi to epub) work much better.
Amazon Prime contributes to this. Once a year I spend a pile of money, which by my calculations probably isn't actually worth it. The value I get is how I feel much better about Amazon purchases and don't have to worry about considering what kind of shipping to pay for.
I am willing to spend a couple dollars more on Amazon in the rare event they dont have the best price just becuase of Amazon Prime. Sometimes I will even go to a bookstore to make sure the book I want to buy isnt complete garbage and proceed to purchase it on Amazon right in the store.
I value physical bookstores enough (and having something 'now') that I will spend considerably more at a bookstore. This is especially true given that I've probably also already spent at least a couple of dollars getting to a bookstore with my car.
a. I see a 50% off book at O'Reilly that I'm interested in. b. I check the price at Amazon.com. The regular price is usually a few dollars more than the discount price at oreilly.com. c. I purchase the book at Amazon because it is just easier, even if it slightly more money.
I actually feel a bit bad about this: I'd rather give the money to Tim and Co directly. And, yes, I know it isn't that hard to do this from the O'Reilly site...