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Originally Posted by pwalker8
So if the publishers went right to paperback prices they would lose that money.
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Publishers should've treated ebooks like less expensive* versions of the least expensive paper book currently available. So if hardcover was the only format on the shelves, then ebook prices should be based on that price. When paperbacks get released, the ebook prices should drop accordingly.
Very simple to implement; yet the publishers screwed themselves over by being too greedy. They tried to justify some insane idea that ebooks were very different and should be priced on a different model.
* less expensive = paper book production costs - ebook production costs