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I am in no way arguing that pBooks are 'better' than eBooks, @foghat. My personal sense of what's 'fair' for me is that I shouldn't have to pay the same or more for exactly the same text content in an eBook when I don't have to pay for paper, printer's ink, transportation and physical display space. An eBook is cheaper to produce and market when you remove the extra costs associated with paper and ink. The editors do the same job of proofreading and evaluation, but are spared production costs beyond the content, which is profit. I'm receiving the exact same content, but I'm not receiving a book, binding, printing ink, nor am I receiving the ability to 'loan' that book for any length of time in the future to any person of my choice, and I am certainly not guaranteed that the eBook will be readable 20 years from now when the printer's ink is still legible on a pBook. They can put whatever price they want on the eBook, but if they don't want to pass along their cost savings to me, I won't bother them with the nuisance of having to sell one to me. I'm not saying there aren't advantages to eReaders over pBooks, just that the advantages are inherent in the reading device itself, not the format of electrons vs. paper.
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