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Originally Posted by AnemicOak
Tor may do something like Harlequin does and offer titles directly a month ahead of their official publication date before releasing them to other retailers. During that early release period they could sell for whatever price they want, before raising the price when the books hit regular markets.
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Harlequin isn't competing for slots on the NYTimes bestseller lists, in which sales-per-week matter. Release-week sales have a big impact on book ratings, and Tor won't want to mess that up.
They won't window on their own site first because they don't want to cannibalize their ratings-making sales. (Nevermind whether that'd actually happen; look at how many publishers aren't willing to risk hardcover sales by supporting good ebooks.)