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Originally Posted by rhadin
Before ebooks your choice was hardcover, paperback, or not at all. I didn't hear a scream by anyone for paperbacks and hardcovers to be released simultaneously. It was expected and accepted that the paperback version would come a year later. And this is still the accepted process.
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Actually, I always grumbled that I had to wait so long for the paperback.
In greek publishing, by the way, there are no such distinctions. As far as I know, every book comes out in one format only, which varies in size and is usually better quality paper than even the hardcover here. But that is beside the point.
Some of us for various reasons don't want to buy paper any more. I would maybe compromise with an elevated price in the first few months of publication, but I don't see why I have to wait to be able to read the book at all.