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I'm an indie author, and I will *never* price any ebook of mine at the same price (or more! egad!) than you'd pay for the paper pulp version. My two Kindle-edition novels are $4.99 and $5.99 respectively, with matching trade paperback editions (due out in a week - 10 days) priced at $14 each, the typical price for books in the same size and format.
For as long as I've been buying and reading ebooks, I've felt very strongly that part of their appeal is in reduced production costs and reduced waste in both raw materials and aged/damaged books. The reduced cost should absolutely be passed on to buyers. The only reason I can think of why major publishers don't sell ebooks at a dramatically reduced price compared to the paper ones is that their price structure has to cover a lot of overhead, regardless of whether a given book is sold in electronic form or paper.
(I won't spam you, but anyone who wants to look at my stuff can search for me by author name on Amazon, or check out my blog - it's the 'Visit My Homepage' link when you click on my username)
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