Worth Any Price: Books You Paid A Lot for That Were Totally Worth It

I remember when I first got my nook, I went a bit gangbusters with the "click-buy-download-read" ability. And I definitely choked when I realized I'd spent about $120... in 5 minutes... from my couch. LUKCILY though, this was RIGHT before the big east coast Blizzard of 2010 (aka Snowmaggedon - or Snowtorious B.I.G. as I like to call it...) - so it was DEFINITELY worth it!

It's difficult for me to shell out 15-20 bucks for new releases, especially since I started getting them on my Kindle. Before, you'd pay 20 bucks, but at least you'd get a nice hardcover, physical book. Now, I pay about that for just a file, but I do have the benefit of getting as soon as it's available. But it's totally worth it for those books I've been anxiously waiting months (or years) for.

I thought of this post because I am finally reading an e-book I spent about $13 dollars on, and I do not regret it--it's the Blinding Knife by Brent Weeks, the second book in a series that I love. I bought the first book in HARDCOVER because I love Weeks, even tho I loathe hardcovers. So I'm still happy.

First edition of Henry Charriere's "Papillon". I found it in Paris as student... It has a phone of someone named Loic on cover...;) Everything was expensive when I was student, though...

@MFrampton--See that would bug the hell out of me...If I start a series one way (in hardcopy or electronic), I don't like to switch. I think I only have one series like that at the moment and it bothers me. I have the first 6 in paperback, and the rest on my Kindle. I am contemplating getting the first 6 in e-form just to have them all together. And be able to take them with me whereever I go...

There are two authors (well, technically three) that are worth hardcover prices to me. In fact they are worth hardcover + ebook prices because I prefer to read ebooks but want them to get the hardcover money. They are Lois McMaster Bujold and the dynamic duo of Sharon Lee & Steve Miller. Neither write pure romance novels but relationship novels, a more rare and wonderous species.