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Looking at various sites and statistics I have come to the following conclusions. These conclusions are my own and statistics can, of course, be made to say anything.
Ebook sales are drawing ahead of the traditional market .
The majority of ebooks being sold are sold with DRM.
Books that are pirated are still being sold with or without DRM.
Ebook prices fluctuate even if controlled by publishers. There are sales/boxed set deals and freebies.
My conclusion is that many if not most Ebooks, DRMed or not are priced reasonably in most cases in comparison to other entertainment media or common social vices such as cigarettes, lattes at Starbucks, movies whether in cinema or DVD version or restaurant dinners or even TV dinners.
The above is more than a bit disjointed, but I see no proof that DRM or pricing is actually screwing up the average consumer than inflation in general and the normal wear and tear and attrition on printed books.
I am not a fan of DRM but it does let the library lend out ebooks and at least they don't have to have the anti-theft chips etc. installed in the ebooks.
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