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I made the mistake some time ago to compare for a specific book set the price of the e-books and the price of the paperback editions. As the e-books were only very slightly cheaper than the paperback books, I went for the paperback books.
I very soon was regretting that decision, when I was sitting in my train in the morning and looking at the minuscule print on dirty-grey paper that made reading really very difficult, and considered, how much better the book would have looked on my Kindle Keyboard or Kindle Fire. Also, I am right now moving from Europe to Asia and finding out,
a) how difficult it is to move large quantities of books and
b) how little people are inclined to buy second-hand books.
To be very frank, I had very few books that were in demand and could be sold on eBay for more than a pittance (e.g. the postage being more expensive than the price of the book). The rest I gave to friends or donated to the library, and really enjoyed the fact that in the last 2 years, I had been nearly exclusively buying PBooks.
Still, charging more for an eBook than for a pBook seems like a major ripoff to me....
Best regards,
Andy
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