There have been so many posts in various threads here in recent weeks complaining about ebook prices that it made me curious. I don't (yet) buy ebooks, but I have assumed that if I were to buy ebooks, they would at least be the same price, or perhaps slightly cheaper, than printed versions.

So in a completely unscientific study I looked at the first ten books on my Amazon wishlist. Six are unavailable as ebooks. The other four are all more expensive as ebooks. For the record:

The End of the Party, Andrew Rawnsley (£7.40 printed/£8.99 ebook)
The Empty Family, Colm Toibin (£9.71/£11.99)
Too Big to Fail, Andrew Ross Sorkin (£7.12/£8.99)
The Big Short, Michael Lewis (£6.37/£7.49)

Just a fairly meaningless snapshot, but my snapshot, and it doesn't look as if I'll be tempted into ebooks any time soon. Those prices suggest publishers actually want to steer me away from ebooks.