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I don't remember buying a Best Sellers. Those that I have read, I'm sure I've gotten at the library or borrowed from a friend. I don't remember buying any hard cover book that wasn't on sale. Maybe I'm wrong, but none come to mind.
Ultimately for me it really doesn't matter. I think all these factors will sort itself out. If ebooks are priced high, people won't buy them. If enough people don't buy them, they don't sell, the publishers take a loss, and the next time they don't make the same mistake. Those books/authors/etc fall by the wayside. But there's no shortage of good books to read. There's no book I have to read so desperately that I'll pay $15 to download and not even be able to share it with friends. If you charge me $15 than give me the same benefits. Let me "own" the book, with the right to share and sell.
I just finished, "At the Back of the North Wind," a beautiful book and absolutely free, thank you Project Gutenberg. Nothing illegal done. As good or better than anything I could pay even $9.99 for. I know there's tons more great classics that I can't read them all in my lifetime. So the publishers are just helping me narrow that focus.
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