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Originally Posted by HarryT
The traditional pricing model used by mainstream publishers is to offer the ebook at a high price when the initial hardback is released, and then to lower the price considerably when the MMPB comes out six months or a year later, so the price is usually lowered - permanently, rather than temporarily - after the first wave of buyers.
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Yep. As much as some sneer at the Publisher's pricing models, it's been quite successful over the year and tends to capture the two major sets of buyers who actually buy new books (as opposed to use the library or buy used books). You have one group that wants the book as soon as it's available (thus the huge midnight buying parties for the Harry Potter books) and then the second somewhat larger group that is willing to wait a while for the book to come down in price.
Over the years, I remember seeing a lot of discount pricing for hard back books, but I don't remember seeing much discount pricing for paper back books.