Thanks for all the responses. Interesting topic for sure and I do agree that ebooks should be cheaper than physical books. Somehow in my mind, I applied similar cuts to all involved, publisher / author etc. IE - if you say that the value of an ebook is 50% of physical, then I equated that to the author getting 50% less for (almost) the same artistic output and that didn't seem fair but yes - there are also a ton of costs I blindly didn't consider in the books cost. Obviously the printing and the art, but the shipping, storing, retailing that doesn't happen with an ebook (or do but to a lesser extent) are also part of it. It's obvious, as I stopped getting physical books due to potentially moving and not wanting to collect more stuff and I didn't want to deal with how damn heavy they are. I also bought too many books that I either didn't vibe with, and don't really want to display, or I like the book but the art doesn't necessarily add much. I have some collectors edition books that I really love and that's solely what I'll get in the future in moderation (and then do ebooks and audiobooks).