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On problem with the survey, since when do people actually pay $25 for the hardback? That may be the LIST price, but they are always discounted, as soon as they come out. 25% at least. 50% sometimes. So considering that the hardback really only costs $15 - $20, what is the appropriate price for the ebooks?
Remember the thread about the situation where the discounted hardback cost LESS than the ebook.
Also, due to DRM (assuming to works as teh publishers wish) there are no secondary (used) sales and no or limited personal lending of books. So where one pbook might be read by 2 - 5 people and resold once or twice (at NO income for the publisher or author), ebooks have be bought by each of those. Leading to a potentially LARGER market for the ebook.
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