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Originally Posted by darryl
This seems to abandon that entire market segment. Are they attempting to extract more money from those who want new print books? To make their ebook prices look more reasonable?
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All of the above.
Also, to make hardcovers seem like a better buy.
Note that it is mostly the BPHs doing this.
Smaller publishers still release mmpb originals. But many publishers are reverting to the early model of relegating mmpb to windowed reprints of best sellers.
Their primary intent remains maximizing per copy revenue during the three month launch window. Which works fine for BPH competitors.