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Good article. As discussed many times, affordability is not so much the issue as is the value of current ebooks (as the author pointed out). In their current form, it is impossible to consider ebooks equal to paper books. DRM, lack of cover art, typos, poor formatting, lack of illustrations, etc. = inferior.
So, because ereader device owners can "afford" any price publishers wish to assign ebooks must certainly place us in the category of idiots. What arrogance.
Even if dollars are burning a hole in my pocket, I will not pay one cent more for what I consider a reasonable value for an ebook regardless of my desire to read a particular title. And as I no longer purchase paper books my options are the public library or no book and, in either case, the publisher/author/retailer loses.
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