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Before I jumped on the ebook bandwagon, I seldom bought HB books. An avid reader, I easily spent about $100/month on books.
Once I got my book reader, I was willing to spend $9.99 for a ebook still in HB and I read more books.
With the publisher's delay in releasing ebooks (or the vendor keeping the price above $9.99), I now find myself adding them to my wishlist and waiting. Once the desire to read right away has passed, I become much more price sensitive.
In the past month, I noticed two distinct trends:
- The ebook is within $1 of the available PB book. In which case, I don't buy at all on principle.
-I can often get the paper version much cheaper (bargain priced or sold used). As much as I prefer ebooks, I have gone back to buying some books in paper on the used/bargain market. I prefer ebook reading but can't justify it when paper is 1/2 the price.
I can't see how any of this is good for the publishers.
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