This would be more convincing if e-books cost a small fraction of the price of a paperback. I think it would be entirely reasonable for the licensed-only e-boo

This would be more convincing if e-books cost a small fraction of the price of a paperback. I think it would be entirely reasonable for the licensed-only e-book of a $10 paperback to cost just a dollar or two, max. The whole thing is ridiculous anyway; I remember Amazon and others pushing the idea of e-books as a way to get cheaper books (since they don't have to physically print a book and mail it to you), but of course that turned out to be a lie. Occasionally I even see a book's Kindle version that costs more than a physical copy! Whatever, every time I buy a Kindle book I download it to my laptop, strip off the DRM, and keep that copy safe as a backup. (If that starts becoming impossible due to Amazon removing the "download and transfer via USB" option, then I'm going to have to buy my e-books elsewhere going forward. Or just get them from my local public library; at least a library's terms of use are sane.