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People who buy 5 books a year are not the publisher's bread and butter.
There's a thread on here that says -- IIRC -- that 25% of American (new) book sales this year went to 10% of Americans who own eReaders. That tells me that the people who buy 100s of books per year (people like myself) are the ones propping up the publishing industry the most.
People who buy 100s of books per year most definitely -- as a group -- buy used. Publishers can try to tap that money, or they can decide not to. Up to them, really.
@SpeakingToHe, I am talking about a very specific case where a pBook has been in print for decades and has therefore a strong presence as a used item -- in this case, it makes sense for the eBook version of this book to sell at (a) less than the cost of the same pBook, (b) less than the cost of new eBooks, and (c) close to the used price.
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