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I think that publishers right now feel they can get away with the 4 month delay (and other tactics) because the ebook market is still something like only 5 percent of overall sales. Their point: They don't *want* it to get bigger for whatever reason. The problem: It's a *growing* market. Other booksale market areas are barely up and often down (usually somewhat dependent on whether a large blockbuster has come out.)
It's all interesting though. I wouldn't have put my books out there if things hadn't gotten significantly better for ebooks and indie authors in general. That said, I get most of my sales for Kindle. Amazon has the eyeballs and reader enthusiasm-- which is another thing that large publishers seem to want to curtail, rather than take advantage of.
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