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Originally Posted by rhadin
Bottom line, Daffy, is that if the publishing industry had to meet your demands there would be no publishing industry. That may be acceptable to you and to many others, but I see a role for publishers for quite some time to come.
As with Moejoe, I wonder why you weren't refusing to read Stephen King when your only choice was hardcover or paperback -- when ebooks didn't exist -- and the paperback version was delayed 12 to 18 months. What makes the ebook so special?
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I didn't see this earlier, but I bought the hardback of King day of release on offer and an impulse buy, two days after I downloaded the darknet copy. Either which way it is the very LAST money I ever spend on hardback, paperback or King for that matter (godawful book wasn't worth the 900kb download).
The ebook is special because of its nature. It's digital. It can be made available much easier than a physical book. There are zero real-world explanations for why an ebook can't be offered on the same day as a hardback.