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I'm one of those people who buy hardcover books by authors who's work I really like, although there are only a few of them on that list. I've always been impatient when their books came out and didn't want to wait for the paperback edition. I still do it, even though I absolutely love my reader, because I am still impatient and don't want to wait. I don't eventually buy the ebook, I figure I don't need it since I have the hard copy. I will not, however, pay the full price of the hardcover; I purchase the book at my local warehouse club at half the price. Having said all that, if the ebook edition came out for the same price that I pay at the warehouse club, I would buy the ebook. It just makes sense for me and seems fair to me.
Frankly, I think the ebook market is still small enough that releasing the ebook with the hardcover and for a reduced price would only make a marginal impact on publishers' profits. The majority of ebook buyers are not going to pay the full hardcover price when they feel the price should be less because there is no physical book.
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