[JeremyZ]

I was reading peoples' votes for books to go into the Top 100 in another thread somewhere.

Based on that, I decided I'd like to read Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck.

I went to the Kindle Store, and they want $9.99 for it. "That'll be a cold day in hell." I said to myself. Amazon is selling the print version of the same book for only $0.41 more, and a "Centennial Edition" for $11 and some change.

I bet I can find this at Barnes & Noble or Borders for a lot less in paperback; maybe in the $5 range?

But I'd like to have it electronically, since I'm not sure I'd ever read it again. I suppose it is impossible to buy it in PDF format elsewhere? It is not a New York Times Best Seller, and I was a bit surprised that it is not public domain yet.

If I can't find it for less at a local shop, I'm tempted to just buy the one for $10.40 online, and make them pay for the physical book as well as free shipping, just to make it more expensive for them. I bet they have a way of tracking when a Kindle customer buys a print book.

Maybe used on ebay or something?

How do you guys handle this?