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Originally Posted by Abecedary
This sounds like business as usual for the book industry. The hardcover version has always come out a year or so before the paperback version specifically to maximize profit by selling to those who "need" to have it right away. Sounds like they're just lumping in ebooks with paperbacks on the priority scale.
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Books don't paperback until a year after they are off the bestseller list. It's usually a year, but sometimes it can be longer (good example, the DaVinci Code). Just clarifying
Which just points out even more they are trying to maximize profits.