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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
Not entirely. I buy what's available when I want to read it. If the ebook is available then fine, I'll buy it. If not, I'll buy the hardback.. with hardly a glance at the price. You could argue that I'm in the minority there, but since I know there are others like me... the "entirely different market" theory just doesn't hold true across the board, there's still a lot of crossover—the continued success of the current (old) system proves that. They'll change that system when hardbacks stop making them money, but not before.
You simply pay more to read something when it's first released. That's the way it's always been. Why would ebooks change that?
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Same here. If I like the author enough, I'm willing to pay a premium to get the book upon release. My complaint, though, is I can usually pre-order hardbacks from Amazon for 35~40% less than MSRP with release date delivery. I find that I'm not really willing to pay $20~25 for the ebook version when I can get a
brand new hardback for $5~10 less.