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Originally Posted by poohbear_nc
"some psychotic desire for more cash"
Ahh - the American way of doing business! 
Seriously, I understand your points as regards smaller, cash-strapped publishers trying to compete with pbook & ebook formats.
But for the main stream publishers, esp. those who had previously hinted at delaying the ebook release to titillate or annoy their readers, this sales response today (IMHO) truly highlights the existence of a sizeable ebook market, the response to the 9.99 pricing, and the power of Amazon.
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Well, I think the biggest encouragement for publishers to not favour hard covers at the expense of eBooks would be to not have retailers take the same (or even comparable) large cut from the list price as they do with paper books that they have to store, ship, and inventory manage.
If more of that money went to the publisher, the financial incentive to release eBooks in a timely manner would be greater.
- Ahi