I thought really hard about switching to ebooks. I read A LOT and thought it might be a good way to save money. But most of the books I looked at buying they wanted the same price for the ebook as the paperback. Decided I might as well buy the paper back.

 

Totally. I guess I'm old fashioned that way, but if I have to pay the same amount for something digital as something physical, I'll stick with the physical option.

They're basically putting a surcharge on e-books for convenience/novelty, as their costs as compared to a physical book are much cheaper.

School and technical books may be another matter if they offer advantages in terms of web links and animations, but for run of the mill fiction and non-fiction, I don't think they should be charging the same price.

 

As I use a computer at work and at night for gaming, sitting down with a good book in bed I quite enjoy sometimes. I don't think I could swap this facet of my non technology life to a screen as well, my eyes would probably blow up