My rule has been: if it's available as an eBook and costs less than $10 (fiction) or $15 (non-fiction) I buy the eBook. I buy pbooks if I'm reading a series and there are holes in the ebook versions. I buy pbooks if there are color photos or maps that don't display well.
Now, if the publisher is playing the delayed availability game, I buy a used copy of the pbook so that none of my money goes to the publisher, and send the publisher a letter to let them know they missed selling the ebook to me, and the amount of money they're not getting from the used pbook sale.
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