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When I first got the Vox there was a book I wanted to read that was in the news and I found that the paperback and the eBook both cost about the same or pretty close, around $10. There's no way I would pay almost as much for an eBook as I would for the hard copy, so I found it at my library and put a hold on it. There were 10 people ahead of me and after 2 weeks there were 9. Not wanting to wait maybe a couple of months before I could read the book, I broke down and splurged the $10 for the eBook.
Of course, you can always get the more popular books off pirate sites if you're so inclined, but often the quality is poor for whatever reason. Maybe it's because of the recent surge in crackdowns on Internet piracy that the purveyors of eBooks feel they can raise prices and not lose business. Clearly with the increase in eReading, the hard copy industry is going to suffer. I feel sorry for the small town bookshops that will surely go under when most folks will be reading digital instead. I think the publishers can see the writing on the wall and are raising the prices of eBooks to maximize profits.
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