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In that your first post was about the expense of ebooks. Yes
"One thing I hadn't realized (not having bought an eBook reader yet), is that eBooks can cost as much or more than a paperback."
If you're looking for the latest Dan Brown blockbuster that's going to happen. The publisher is paying these guys a significant amount of money. And they want to make it back.
"I always wait for books to come out in paperback, and buy them as cheaply as possible - usually the mass market edition."
If you don't, as indicated, need to buy the newest hardcover blockbuster book as soon as it's published, you win. You can probably wait to get the ebook version at the same price as the paperback book, eventually. And at sometime after that it'll be even cheaper.
But if all you want are good ebooks, of whatever type you like, you should be able to buy them at used book prices. I'm talking NEW stories by some very good authors. As I said, I spend between $3 and $6 for new books.
To make it very clear, Yes buy an ereader. If you read a lot you'll save money.
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