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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
Not to mention that even during Amazon's playing of "hardball," they didn't "drop" any books. "pre-orders" are a negotiable perk. Lack of being able to pre-order doesn't deter readers. They either pre-order somewhere else or buy it when it actually releases.
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That's what wish lists are for.
Put it on the list, buy it later.
No muss, no fuss.
Pre-order button angst isn't about readers *at all*.
It is about publishers incapable of market research relying on Amazon preorders to set the size of a print run.
http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog...poly-or-j.html
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...because if Amazon don't order your books in advance in dead-tree form they don't get printed, and if they aren't printed and in the warehouse they can't be sold elsewhere...
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Beware the venom at the source.
Because some people think it is a human right to have their books preordered by Amazon without a contract in place that guarantees delivery.