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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Easy. People who buy eBooks are not hardcover buyers. I read eBooks. I don't buy hardcovers. There is no way I'd pay $25. But I might pay $10 if I wanted it enough. So, would you rather get $10 from me or would you rather get nothing? If I was to wait until the paperback came out and the price dropped, you'd then get less money. So be happy to get the $10 as you'll get less nothing.
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It's the same situation we've had "forever" with paper backs. You and I and lots of folks like us would never spend "new release hard back money". So we had to WAIT. Publishers did just fine without our paper back money while waiting for the hard cover to have it's run.
You can wait even now. Don't buy the ebook during the "new run" pricing. The prices will drop. That is -- unless the ebook continues to sell well at the higher price.
With ebooks and agency pricing, the publisher have a lot finer control over pricing at the individual book level. They can monitor sales and drop prices as need. Or keep them up if demand allows.
It will lead to the situation where the ebook is priced more than the paperback, or even the hard back. It could very well be that enough folks value ebooks over paper books that ebooks will cost MORE.
Lee