Thread: Simon & Schuster is delaying ebooks by four months
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Old 12-10-2009, 06:42 AM   #74
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Originally Posted by drblam View Post
It seems that serializing stories would be a much better solution than delaying the ebook form.
If you don't like the 9.99 tag up front, break the book into four parts at 5 dollars each for the first four months. I like the first part, buy the second, and then the third and fourth, and you have gotten your "fan tax" that you rely on. Then, when sales of the pieces dwindle, you simply sell the entire book for 9.99.

No one has to wait, the book is still cheaper than a print version, but the ealry bird pays a bit more.
On top of this, the consumer can chose to only read ten dollars of a story, and then decide that the book isn't worth the other ten.
I don't know why delay or 9.99 same day are the only options on the table.
that wouldn't work for me. any delay would send me to the darkside

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Originally Posted by Andanzas View Post
I don't have a problem with this idea as long as they keep the ebook prices reasonably low. However, I think it would be better if the publishing houses tried to add value to their hardcovers instead of trying to take it away from their ebooks. For example, with the purchase of a new hardcover they could offer a code to download an ebook with additional materials: an interview with the author, deleted scenes, impressions about the editing process, even some older ebooks by the author or a similar writer. Maybe even a discount for the electronic edition when you buy the hardcover. I am sure there are several alternatives that could work better, but you get the idea: make the hardcover more attractive, even for people who tend to buy only ebooks.
maybe if the ebook were available immediately. but then again, for the most part (not entirely) I am getting away from pbook acquisition


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Originally Posted by kennyc View Post
Agreed. Their reasoning is SO ROOTED IN THE PAST don't you think. Why should the hardback be the "premier?" that just an artifact -- even today many books are only released in paperback or trade-paperback. And there is the cost differential there has got to be more money to be made in digital distribution than paper. I guess it's that the e-market is not there yet as far as the old-timers are concerned.
I think maybe you have articulated what I have been trying to say
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