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Do you really want me to respond rationally to this when you equate a cd with a printed book in your analogy? These two are not comparable. Besides them both being physical items they are very distinct, in that a cd offers a means to play content via an auxialliary system, whilst a book is in itself the system by which the content is presented/consumed.
I don't care what prices or policies publishers set, amazon could have negotiated better deals with them. Apple did so with the music business and if it hadn't been for them they would have drm-ed the hell out of everything as they have done everywhere else. If amazon and the publishers stick to their idiotic policy then piracy will become rampant, as it already has by the multitude of book downloading sites that have spread out on the net. Too bad they can't get this in their greedy heads. And my qualm is not ebook prices, it's ebook prices WHEN one buys a printed copy. Actually I don't think ebook prices are high at all, I think printed books should be accompanied by an electronic version as well, is that too much to ask for? That should have been the norm.
There is no excuse to me why someone buying the rights to consume content should pay twice for consuming said content on an electronic reader as well. It's unacceptable, and as soon as amazon and publishers figure this out people will stop amassing tons of gbs of stolen content. And until they do I am afraid I will have to belabor this point.
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