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Originally Posted by Catlady
What evidence is there that people will buy the book rather than wait? Seems to me that all the embargo will do is make people wait longer.
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Great question. How about "paperback books sell" for evidence. Why would anyone pay $20 for a book that can be bought for $8? Ok...so a few people might like the bigger hard back format.
But most obviously, people buy they expensive hardback version (by the millions) because it's the only version on sale at the release of the book. The new release window of the book is where the most sales of the book that are going to happen, happen.
No? Why are the NYT's best sellers new books?
This is why the publishers went to war with Amazon. This is ALSO why Amazon chose to accept agency pricing over time windowing. That's right, Amazon COULD have maintained pricing control if Amazon were willing to not have access to sell ebooks during the "just released" time window.
Libraries want the books during the new release window too...EVEN THOUGH....most of their patrons won't get to read the book. The libraries get to HAVE the books when their patrons come to check it out....and get on a waiting list.
If libraries became known to "never have the new books you want to read"....people would become less likely to think of the library for getting books to read.