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B&N has the solution that the publishers are hoping the retailers will adopt. B&N priced the hardcover at 40 cents more than the price Simon & Schuster set for the ebook. This keeps the publisher happy because the hardcover is not as heavily discounted, and the ebook buyers don't whine because the ebook is more expensive than the hardcover.
Too bad this doesn't work for Agency 5 mass market paperbacks, because B&N routinely discounts them by 10%, but is forced to sell the ebook at list price. I've only been buying Agency 5 books when I can use a discounted gift card, and I don't have much of a balance left.
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