@rick@...
It's not so much the AUTHORS as the PUBLISHERS. Authors, too, but in a LOT of cases, the Publishers don't want to give the HUGE profits in treeware. People will pay $20-$40 for a hardcover, and $6-$9 for the same book in paper - but are NOT pleased about shelling out the hardcover price for electrons! And yet, with computer typesetting being the norm these days, it is NOT all the big a deal to convert a file to eBook format - and takes minutes at most. At VERY LITTLE COST. From then on, it's just a matter of posting a link on a RETAILER'S Web Page - that the customer can't access until after buying the eBook.
But yes, there are some authors who want the paper price - not realizing that they will get the same royalties either way, IF THEY HAVE AN INTELLIGENT AGENT (J.K. ROWLING, TAKE NOTE!), but still refuse to listen.
Oh well, some folks need to learn the hard way.
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