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Originally Posted by queentess
Take, for instance, my recent experience with Tor releasing the newest Wheel of Time novel by Robert Jordan/Brandon Sanderson. The hardback came out and I went to Tor's website to ask about the release date for the ebook. I was told the ebook would not be published for a YEAR. Now, why would I wait a year for an ebook when it's available now on the darknet? Publisher just screwed themselves (and their author) out of a sale. And now I buy all Tor books second hand or pirated.
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I don't understand this behaviour of publishers. It seems that they have ebook ready, or could have it ready with little preparation, as they are able to release hardback. They don't want ebooks to cut into hardbacks market. Okay. But why won't they release it for a really high price, like 50$? That would change the message "we have it, but you won't get it no matter what you do" into "we don't want to lose on hardback sales, so we're not really sucking up to customers with this one yet, but if you REALLY want it, you can have it". I can think of a few books in the past I'd buy like that, and if I didn't, it would be my decision. As it is, I really can't blame anyone but publisher for keeping the book out of my hands.