I purchased Fall Of Giants by Ken Follett for my Nook yesterday. I've wanted to read the book but have been putting off the purchase because the price seems unreasonable to me. $19.99 for the ebook compared to $18.36 for the hardcover. Both of these prices are from Barnes and Noble.

It seems extremely unreasonable for an ebook, with no production or shipping costs to be priced higher than the same book traditionally printed.

One has to wonder if this pricing scheme isn't a misguided attempt on the part of the publisher to harm ebook sales. Traditional publishing houses seem to be unable to comprehend the ebook revolution, and it seems that they have entered it only via kicking and screaming.

I bought the book though because authors must be paid. We all have a role in supporting the artists who create our culture, and in our capitalist society that is done with dollars.

While this ebook stood out with its very high price point countless other ebooks stand out because of their extremely low price points. It is I think better to pay a few dollars too much for an ebook than a few dollars too few, for if we do not financially support our authors, they will be unable to write and our culture will suffer for it.