[GhostHawk]

Everyone keeps trying to compare Ebooks to hardcover Pbooks.
I'm sorry I don't see the connection.

Personally I think publishers should price Ebooks based on time.
Buy it the same week the Hardcover Pbook comes out and you should pay "close" to the same price.

Want it for 1-2$ then you'd likely have to wait 6 months or more for it.

So how much an Ebook "should" cost should in my opinion be directly tied to when it is being sold compared to the paper books. But it should never cost more than a paper bound version. Idealisticly it should be 1/2 - 2/3's of the paper version currently being sold. Be it hard cover for 25$ or mass market paperback for 8$. Again idealisiticly on a sliding scale. So just before the paperback comes out the Ebook would be (Drum roll) paperback price. So if you want it "now" when it first comes out, you pay for that.

If you want to wait, your savings can be significant.
And after a few years it should be virtually free.

The greedier publishers get the more people they are going to tick off, and the fewer books they are going to sell. The sooner they get that message the quicker they can start sorting their way out of this minefield they are in.

There are books I wouldn't mind paying a minor fee for if I knew the Author was going to get half of it. But I don't see why my money should go to support a big publishing company that is just money hungry.