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I don't compare ONLY to the paper version. I also compare books of similar quality/value to me of ebooks that I have bought recently or want to buy. If one publisher of similar books is consistantly higher priced than another publisher I would feel his books are over priced. This is harder to judge if the publishers are colluding on price rather than competing but not impossible.
Feeling like I've allowed myself to be overcharged would remove at least some of my enjoyment of the book. No one likes to feel cheated or taken advantage of or simply a bad shopper.
It is also the case that I'm buying books faster than I'm reading them. I always seem to have from 50-100 books bought but not yet read. These are not freebies but books I paid for and want and intend to read. It doesn't make much sense to let myself be overcharged only let that book sit at the end of a long list for months on end. Better to wait until I'm more caught up and the price has possibly dropped. Thank you EreaderIQ!
It makes even less sense if I'm replacing my paper keepers. I already have the paper version if I want to reread it. I can wait a long time to replace it or never replace it if I must.
If I didn't have a long TBR list or if there was some particular book that I had to read RIGHT NOW ahead of all my other unread books I might pay more. But like buying new release hardbacks that situation occurs for me once in a blue moon.
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