I pay for most of the books I read, but occasionally I will pirate if I'm not sure if the book is something I'll really enjoy. Sometimes I feel like I'm being

I pay for most of the books I read, but occasionally I will pirate if I'm not sure if the book is something I'll really enjoy. Sometimes I feel like I'm being fleeced though, and I'll resort to pirating. When I bought my Kindle, I figured I would at least save a little bit over the cost of a physical book, since they cost next to nothing to produce and distribute. But it's been just the opposite. Most kindle books are actually more expensive, some by 40% or more. This combined with the fact that I still don't even own my book makes for a painful purchasing experience. They should be giving incentives to people for purchasing legitimate digital copies, not punishing them. In my mind, $4 would feel like a slightly high "premium" price to pay for a digital version of a $9.99 paperback, and I'd feel a lot better about paying it. I'll probably still keep paying the money, but I hope we see some radical changes in the future to the pricing structure of digital books. Edit: I will say that I've been pleasantly surprised by the return policy on my Kindle books the last couple of times I've returned books. There was no hassle and no questions. Couldn't have asked for a better experience.