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Originally Posted by Cthulhu
$11.00 hardcover, $10.00 paperback **$16.95** for a MS Reader format.
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Yeah. I was looking up books by my favorite authors. It varies from author to author (probably from publisher to publisher), but there are quite a few eBooks out there for hardcover++ prices, with cheap paperbacks already in circulation. What are they THINKING? I already own paperback copies of these books, and there is no way I'm paying more than I originally paid to get them onto an eReader. I'll buy a $400 sheet-feeding scanner first, hack up my originals, and put the remains in storage so I can "prove" that I bought them if someone ever tries to take me to court for having e-copies.
Note to publishers: for books I've already bought, that I frequently re-read, I
would consider paying $2-3 each to get the electronic versions. You can make more money off of me, a previously paying customer, if you just use a little imagination. And you could probably sucker me for close to the hardcover price for an eBook when a long-awaited book first comes out in HC. But once it's been out for 6 months or so, charge less than the paperback version or you lose my business. I'll borrow the paperback from the library or buy it used, and you won't see a dime.
Actually, I think HC buyers should always get the eBook version for free with their purchase. They could then donate the HC to a local library, if they don't want to store it, which would make it that much more likely that others would read it and either buy it or look for other books by that author (or editor or whatever).