Harry:
Your first quote is from my interpretation of Harmon's position, which could be in error and which he is certainly free to correct. I needn't offer an example of that sort of peculiar pricing because it isn't my idea and I don't find it desirable or practical (which was my point).
The second quote is from a response to Harmon's specific idea that he wouldn't mind having eBooks priced higher than paperbacks. It doesn't make sense unless you remember that I'm responding to an idea which I find not only unfeasible but unprecedented. Again, I'm not certain whether Harmon meant all or only certain eBooks, whether I understood his point or whether he was entirely serious. Again, he is welcome to correct me if I've failed to grasp his argument.
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What can happen, of course, is that a particular retail may choose to discount a paper book so that it becomes cheaper than the eBook, but it's not the publisher who's doing so.
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On this, we're in agreement. That's why I chose to talk about new books being directed to the same store by the same publisher, only in different formats. It's the publisher's original pricing disparities that I'm criticizing, not what happens along the way.