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Yeah, but that's just on Amazon. I'm sure the Lost Symbol sold a ton more physical copies than e-book copies in total to date--and that disparity will grow once the paperback is out on on the bestseller list. And copies read would skew even further to paper books if you factor in library checkouts.
I think e-books will be the future, but we're a decade+ from seeing e-books sales be the majority of copies sold for books on the best sellers list IMO.
In any case, we'll just have to agree to disagree on pricing as I just see that as selfishness on the part of consumers who only care about paying as little as possible for everything, and care little to nothing about publishers covering costs/making profits, author's making profits etc.
No one likes spending more money than they have to. But I respect talent and always try to pay a fair price for books, movies, cds I love vs. say buying used, checking it out from the library etc. as I like to reward the creators for the enjoyment I got out of their work. So I hate to see shifts in pricing that threaten that on their end, even if it helps my budget.
But at the same time, I realize that I'm pretty well off and can say that easier than someone living nearly paycheck to paycheck etc.
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