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Originally Posted by Sweetpea
They have a good point there. I personally think Amazon's way of pricing all books at $9,99 is hurting the business. I read somewhere else (on this forum) an idea which I would find much better: an ebook released together with a hardcover is the price of that hardcover (maybe a little less, or even a little bit more), the price drops with the coming of the pocket, etc.
That way, the sale of ebooks won't hurt the sale of hardcovers (they get the same amount of money for each sold book, no matter the format) and people who really want the book (and would formerly buy the hardcover) can still get it.
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But what about Amazon allowing readers to resell their new hardcovers? If you're willing to wait a few days or a few weeks after a popular hardcover release, you can usually pick up a brand new (read once) book at pennies on the dollar. Offering the ebook with the hardcover allows impulse ebook purchases to occur immediately - during all the publicity over the hardcover release. During the latest release of the Sookie Stackhouse hardcover, ebook sales at $14.00 topped the Amazon sales charts. Folks didn't wait for the drop to $9.99.