The big publishers have always wanted to window ebooks going back to at least 2009.
When that didn't work they turned to Agency.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB100014...84372263227740
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"The right place for the e-book is after the hardcover but before the paperback," said Carolyn Reidy, CEO of Simon & Schuster, which is owned by CBS Corp. "We believe some people will be disappointed. But with new [electronic] readers coming and sales booming, we need to do this now, before the installed base of e-book reading devices gets to a size where doing it would be impossible."
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It is a self-defeating practice but that is the kind of strategy they prefer anyway.
http://teleread.com/windowing-conten...omotes-piracy/