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Originally Posted by Solicitous
Except movies are not released at the cinemas and on bluray at the same time, so of course the price is justified for the cinema. Release them both at once and watch the cinemas close their doors. If the ebook was released first and 1/2/3 months down the track the hardcover, then I could understand if the ebook price was initially higher.
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That's kind of my point, though, Solicitous.
I don't want publishers to make us wait for ebooks like movie producers make us wait for the BluRays.
Right, wrong, whatever, the dogma is that that new release window is precious to them - they say that's where they make back the bulk of the costs.
I'm afraid the only way we can convince producers to sell us the BluRay, or publishers to sell us ebooks, during that window is to assure them they won't lose the cream from that first crop.
Personally, I think a case could be made that they'd make more money in the long run -- or even early, in volume alone -- but we've seen how entrenched they are in their ways.
What happened when Amazon tried to get them not to do it last year? IIUC, they (McMillan?) said they wouldn't release the ebook anymore until the paperback window. Customers raised hell, saying they'd rather have the new releases even if they were over 9.99.