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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
But those are arguments for a physical paper-back version, not arguments against a simultaneous ebook release. I fail to see how the existence of an ebook version alone could possibly lessen the "sensual experience" of a DTB-hugger diddling their beloved pages.
Does the mere existence of Coke in cans cheapen your visceral, nostalgic experience when tilting back that frosty, glass bottle you chose to purchase your cola in? If you went to the store for bottles of Coke and found they were only stocking cans and plastic two-liters, would you be disappointed? Might you voice that disappointment to someone (regardless of whether or not you purchased the cans)?
A book is still a product, after all. And as such, neither it, nor its creator deserves any special dispensation from "consumer complaints."
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If the Coke company (King) wanted to drive people toward a certain experience (as King says he is doing) then one strategy that would make sense is for them to make that option the only one available, at least for a time. Also, if Coke (King) wanted to boost a certain glass bottler (pulp press) as it seems likely that he (King) want to do, then giving that bottler (press...OK, I'm going to stop the Coke comparison parentheses thing now) an exclusive window is also a reasonable thing to do.
As for complaints, no of course not, I didn't say anything about that. I was only addressing the specific complaint that King "has turned against ebooks" or "has flip-flopped" or whatever. I see no indication of that.