I did buy hardbacks when they were by my very favourite authors - but as they cost around A$55 each in Australia I didn't buy that many. I bought more paperbacks.
What the publishers aren't taking into account is increased sales. To buy hardbacks I went into the city. There are all kinds of other interesting stores competing for my money there e.g. craft shops.
When I get online to an ebook retailer I usually get carried away and buy far too many books. More than I can read - and certainly more than I could carry home on the train.
So far in December I have bought 52 ebooks (O.K. so 21 were Harlequins). That means the publishers (those who sell eversions of their books) have made more money out of me than they did before I got my readers (3 of them).
Is there a 12 step plan for people addicted to ebook buying?
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