I suspect it's more to do with wanting to tie people into fictionwise for five years, than with an immediate need for cash. Without the buywise discounts, fictionwise prices are often higher than ,say, books on board. Getting people to sign up for five years would be a very good way of keeping buyers coming back to fictionwise for their eBooks instead of always shopping around for the very best discount.
Of course, I could be wrong. I hope I'm not. I've found fictionwise to provide good support the couple of times I've needed to ask a question.
Paul
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Originally Posted by llasram
I don't know... These sorts of offers make me kind of worried about the future of Fictionwise. They inject a certain amount of cash into their revenue stream when they make the offer at the cost of future revenue as customers spend out of their micropay balance. Makes me wonder what's going on that they need cash now now now.
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