Thread: E-Books Are To Hardcovers As DVDs Are To Theatrical Releases
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Old 07-13-2009, 01:50 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by Abecedary View Post
This sounds like business as usual for the book industry. The hardcover version has always come out a year or so before the paperback version specifically to maximize profit by selling to those who "need" to have it right away. Sounds like they're just lumping in ebooks with paperbacks on the priority scale.
I have said this many times (and probably sound like a broken record) I would be HAPPY to pay the SAME price for an eBook as the paper version.

RELEASE it as the SAME TIME as the hardcover and charge the SAME price for it.

How hard is that?

When the paperback comes out, reduce the price of the ebook to match the paperback price.

Once paperback sales fall off, release the price of the ebook once again to encourage more sales.

Once the paperback goes out of print, reduce the ebook price again since it will now be back catalog.

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