Well, i dont think i will buy ebooks as long as they are as expensive as they are now.
On the other hand i do pirate books. Well, kind of.
I just downloaded a copy of the latest Robert Jordan Wheel of Time book and i am reading it on the iLiad. I would like it to have the nice chapter icons and a better layout and not a pagenumber and headline in between every couple of pages, but hey, at least i have it on my iLiad.
Or am i not a pirat (at least i dont feel like one), because i do have the hardcover version of the book on my bookshelf.
As for sci-fi/fantasy beeing pirated most, i would think so, because all the computer geeks read sci-fi
And i have to say, here in germany, movie pirates are called "raubkopierer" and the film industrie is criminalizing the movie theft in a major way. The term "raub" alone is used in legal context only if you steal stuff from someone with weapons force or the threat to do physical harm.
I hope the bookindustry is smarter than that and just offers what the customer wants.