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Originally Posted by MikeB1972
Why, TBH it's the best comparison study I've seen.
Book 2 - Control, sales for paper & ebook should drop off from this
Book 3 - Released as normal
- paper sales similar to book 2
- ebook sales 50% of book 2
Book 4 - Actively tried anti-piracy measures
- Paper book sold out (only a 50% print run based on sales of book 3), reprinted
- ebook sales back to previous levels
Sure, some of those additional ebook sales could have been from people who wanted the paper book and hard numbers or at least a % split paper/ebook would be helpful, but it seems to have a better control method than any other study I've seen.
But I don't get your reasoning for 100% flawed?
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Because the last part of your conclusion - ebook sales back to previous levels - isn't mentioned. She said that when she released the fake ebook versions, her PRINT version sold out... then she said "My publisher scrambled to print more, and then print more again. Print sales and e-sales once more became evenly matched."
But it doesn't say that the ebook sales elevated - just that they were more evenly matched to the artificially reduced print levels. She only looks at ebook sales relative to the print sales, not in isolation or relative to previous runs of ebook sales.