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Originally Posted by darryl
I respectfully disagree. It is an attempt to retain at least this particular aspect of a now obsolete business model which worked, not for everyone, but for the publishers concerned. I expect and hope that it will eventually perish in competition with publishers who do not resort to this practice.
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It's not obsolete if it's still in use
Also the same business model is used for many items, DVD, BluRay, CD, Electronics. When the item first comes out it costs more, then, over time, the price decreases. Why would publishers drop a business model that not only works, but is generally understood by (most) consumers to be a perfectly valid model.