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I'd feel absolutely no guilt whatsoever (but then I still buy and read plenty of paper books).
It could also be argued that if you give in and buy the e-book at what seems to be an inflated price of $14.99, then the publishers also win by your supporting what seem to be inflated e-book prices (OTOH, since it sounds like non-fiction, the prices can reasonably go higher for that).
Personally, I think the p-book gives you more options. Lend to friend, husband can read it, library can have it = many more potential readers for this author's work, which may lead to boosted sales for his future works and you pay what seems like a more reasonable price overall for the book, given what you can do with the paper version. Win-win!
Or perhaps you can just wait to see if your local library gets in either version and read it that way?
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