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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
I'd call that a lost hardcover sale, unless you assume the higher price of the hardcover would trigger the "Wait for the paperback" reflex if there were no ebook.
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That is exactly what I think. I am an avid reader but have never bought a hardback in my life. No way am I paying hardback prices for an ebook where I have less rights and can use it less flexibly! If they won't offer it at a reasonable price, I wait---and fwiw the last three times I did this, the results were 1) it became a best-seller and dropped to $10.99 2) a coupon code became available and I got it at a discount and 3) the public library got it in ebook and I read it from them.
What publishers need to balance is whether it is worth it to them to sell it to me at a paperback price, or not to sell to me at all, because those are the two choices. Paying hardback price is not a choice for me. I simply won't do it, never did in the print days and certainly won't do it for something loaded with DRM that restricts my rights and uses.