[GreenMonkey]

I haven't bought any e-books over $10. I'd rather buy a nice hardcover if I like the book enough to spend that much on it.

I don't buy new books from unknown authors blind though except at used prices. Never really have.

I don't buy DRM'd books though unless I really need them (books for class when I still had history classes).

My dilemma is with paperbacks - my blind buys. I used to buy a lot of used paperbacks for a couple of bucks each - but now I prefer ebooks. Yet apparently they want $7-$10 for these types of backlist ebooks (which I won't pay) - plus they have DRM - so I now I don't know what to do.

With a couple of them, the author had his books on Smashwords, so I bought them there for $5 & $2.50 rather than buy the hardcovers at my local used book store (I liked the series enough to read...but not enough to buy in hardcover). If I had this option more, I'd buy more ebooks.

The Agency Six is deluded and missing out on a lot of money. I'm not going to pay pay $10 for an ebook original published years ago that you can get for $3-$4 shipped on the Amazon market or $2-$3 at my local used bookstore. I like ebooks but not at a 200% or 300% price premium. Hell most of the time I can get a paperback or a hardcover shipped to my doorstep for cheaper than the ebook.

If I could get backlist books for $3-$4 (even eventually...like how DVDs drop in price over time) it'd probably be a no-brainer for me - but $8-$10? No way. Especially not with DRM - I hate supporting DRM. I buy almost nothing at the current prices, minus the occasional deal or a DRM-free version on Smashwords.