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Old 02-25-2011, 06:58 AM   #19
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Originally Posted by outlander78 View Post
Have you tried emailing the author to ask why their ebook is sold that way, and what your options are? I have found some authors and publishers to be happy to exchange polite email, especially when your underlying question is "how can I give you money?"
He said it is no longer available and the only option is to buy the hardback on the secondary market.

I don't really understand this business strategy. If you limit the number of potential readers how do you grow your reader/fanbase? I don't know what sort of deal you would get with small publishers, but even assuming you get 50% of retail that would still only make about $8,000 per book. And this one was written by two people, so they would only get half of that each.
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