Thoughts on e-books

I have been considering selling my book as an e-book. Lulu.com, the site that I have published the paperback version, has an option for an e-book that can be a much less expensive option for people. To make $4/book(which I am donating to charity) Lulu charges $14.19 plus shipping. To make $4/e-book it would be $5, no shipping fee. So what I am asking, is does anyone think e-books are worht it, or should I just keep offering the paperback. I charge $15, shipping included for it, which is a couple of bucks cheaper than the printer. Thing is I have to purchase them in quantities of like 150 to make anything off of it for charity.

Input please.

The e-book would be great for people that enjoy them. However, I am still old school enough that I still love the smell of the paper and the feeling of it in my hands as I read a real book. That experience, to me, would be severely cheapened by reading it on your computer.

I can't say that I have ever even read an e-book. Not sure I even would.
If I get an email or chat board post that is much longer than a few short paragraphs I often print that out just to read it. I can't imagine reading an entire book on computer.

E-books aren't very populair here.
I wish they were.
When you have to make a long trip it's nice to listen to an e-book.
Or when we make the long trip to our vacation address it's cool to listen to e-books in the car.

I love to read the oldfashioned books.
I think I love reading since they taught me to read.
Nothing is more fun then to come back from the library with new books and you have to decide what book you will first read.

I'm not sure, but I think nazpastor is talking about electronic-books still in a readable text format.
Not necessarily audio-books (that you could listen to on cd or mp3).

Yes, that is correct. An e-book is a downloadable version that you have to read on your computer screen, or perhaps on a portable device of some sort.

It seems as if the concensus is what I thought. There really wouldn't seem to be alot of interest in that format. I might still do it in 6 months or so, but I won't mess with it for now.

Sorry I misunderstood it.

Nothing to apologize for.

It makes me feel so silly.

I've only read textbooks on PC. While an ebook has obvious advantages, I too prefer the real deal. I can mark it up as I see fit and I spend enough time in front of the PC as it is.