Again, you're making the mistake of thinking that costs like printing or shipping have anything to do with it. Saying an e-book should always be cheaper than a

Again, you're making the mistake of thinking that costs like printing or shipping have anything to do with it. Saying an e-book should always be cheaper than a paper book is like saying that baseball tickets should always cost more than basketball tickets, because there are more players on the team. The price of paper and ink and shipping has almost nothing at all to do with the price of books. Do you really think that hardcovers are that much more expensive to produce than paperbacks?