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Originally Posted by MikeB1972
Nope, the reason the hardcover is more expensive is a combination of the container and the ability to read it now.
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Absolutely. Baen, for example, have sold high-priced ARCs ("Advance Reader Copy") version of their ebooks for years, based on the principle that there are always people who are willing to pay more (a lot more, in Baen's case) to read the book "now", rather than waiting a few months for the lower-priced edition. Hardbacks are just the same.