Thread: Publishers Agonize(?) Over Ebook Release Dates
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Old 07-15-2009, 09:52 PM   #24
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All this will do is kill off demand for this book. People that do not buy hardcovers and do buy eBooks will not buy this because of being treated like second class citizens. So way to go killing off sales.
I agree 100%. If you don't provide an electronic version, avid ebook readers will mostly just not buy the book until it's release or they might forget about it by then (since the 'hype' surrounding the book will be all around the time of hardcover release). That's a lose-lose situation for publishers.

If you release both simultaneously, the ebook readers will be happy and you might leak a small percentage of hardcover readers who ALSO own an ebook reader device. But let's face it, people who read ebooks don't buy a lot of hardcovers imo.
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