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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. |
Okay. Where you are coming from affects how you see the issue. I
do buy hardcovers, and the principal reason is wanting the read the book
now rather than waiting a year for the PB. I'm willing to pay a premium for the faster access.
If everyone thought like you, there wouldn't be hardcover bestsellers, most of which are bought by people
not willing to wait a year for the PB to be released.
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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.
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It's worth the publisher's while to sell to you at PB prices rather than not at all. It's
not worth their while to compete with their hardcover releases to do it. Want the PB, or the ebook at PB prices? Wait.
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Dennis