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Originally Posted by GA Russell
Instead of creating a window which will encourage pirating, it would make more sense to me to promptly release eBooks in the formats of the cooperative retailers, and let Amazon hang by their thumbs for four months.
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Absolutely.. If I know that a publisher is with-holding an ebook for no reason or holding off on certain formats, I'm not going to rush out and buy the hardcover. I'm not going to wait 2 months for the ebook. If I REALLY want it, I am going to visit a site with pirate in the title and they will probably have a copy or scan. If I didn't find it essential, I just won't buy it if it's not available in ebook format.
It's a great strategy for publisher who want to lose sales and flip the bird to Amazon, that's about it.