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poohbear makes a good point about reselling hardcovers. it seems to me that it would be in the publishers best interest to try to regain some of those truly lost sales by making ebooks available even at a lower price, at the same date as the hardcover. but regardless, the idea of "cannibalising" hardcover sales seems dubious at best to me ; first because (as has been pointed out) typically the people buying hardcovers are not the same as the people buying ebooks, and vice-versa, secondly because there apparently *are* people who will buy an ebook to read, and a hardcover to put on a shelf (for an author / series they really treasure). which will make *two* sales, IF the ebook is available simultaneously. i'm not so sure these people will be willing to buy the hardcover, then wait 6 months for the release of the ebook before they read it. and once they've read the hardcover, will they be as eager to buy the ebook in addition ? not so sure...
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