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All glass-tower produced "bestsellers"... did you really expect anything else from those folks?
Try some mid-list/back-list titles or some indies.
There's good reads out there that don't come with name-brand wallet-vacuuming.
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Ah, I must have misunderstood. With all the angst and crying poverty, I was under the impression that e-books had suddenly dropped to a price so low as to make it impossible for the poor publishers to make a living... I read a LOT of books from a variety of authors, some of whom are reasonably (that'd be reasonably in MY opinion, not necessarily any one else's) priced.
Of course, as spindlegirl said, there's always the library. Unfortunately, if I recall correctly, very few of those "name-brand wallet-vacuuming" authors/books/publishers make e-books available to the library.
But, it's comforting to know the apocalypse isn't upon us, and that the poor, downtrodden publishers will still be able to make payroll tomorrow, despite discounts, pirates, libraries, famine, flood, and pestilence.