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Originally Posted by HarryT
Precisely. An ebook price will generally fall drastically once the MMPB is released.
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Even if this were always true, (and I have seen cases where it didn't happen) I've seen too many cases where even 1 or 2 days after the official release of a hardcover I could get it for 10-25% off of the cover price, which will sometimes cause the hardcover to cost less than the ebook. If I wait a month after release date, then the chance of the price being cut by 25% goes up substantially.
What possible excuse can there be for treating ebooks differently from paper books in this regard? Why should publishers be able to dictate to a retailer what price an ebook is sold at, when they are not allowed to dictate what price a paper book is sold at?
Shari