>>>>>>>>Hate to tell you this, but I can honestly say that I had a *small* level of influence on some publishers doing this.
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>>>>>>>>Back in late 2007 I made a recommendation to a few publishers to increase the price of e-books. (They'd been considering it anyway, because of the rampant issue of e-book pirating).
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>>>>>>>>In my opinion, an e-book should be the same price as a regular book. What you lose in one value (hard copy), you gain in other value (easier to carry around 5 ebooks than 5 printed copies)
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>>>>>>>I still prefer hard copy.
>>>>>>>I love to have them, hate to read eBook.
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>>>>>>I agree.
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>>>>>I like to have my cake and eat it too :) I like to have both, read the hard copy and put it on my shelf (to look like I know something) and then use the eBook to quickly look up details when I need them.
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>>>>And not just technical details. From long before E-books made any dent in the market, I have thought one of the killer features is the ability to do a fast text search in a novel. It's not unusual for me to jump around between books, and sometimes when I come back to it I don't remember some plot point or who a minor character is. With an E-book, just do a search, then jump back to where you were.
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>>>Don't know about you, but I usually find everything I want much more easily on Hard copy than on eBook.
>>>Maybe just because I hate them :-))))
>>>Even If I have an eBook i print it and THEN start to read it :-)
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>>Audio books might be an even better option ;-)
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>>I know { eBooks / E-books / however it winds up being spelled } are not everyone's cup of tea.
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>For pleasure reading, I have no interest in audio books or e-books. Give me a real book and I can read anywhere.
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Part of the beauty of the Kindle is its form factor is very similar to that of a book. Lighter in most cases. I have a few doorstopper hardcovers on my TBR shelf that I wish I had bought for the Kindle instead.

Face it, you guys are Luddites ;-) (That really was a joke).