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Originally Posted by Krystian Galaj
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$?
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Part of the problem--only part, but worth considering--is that the ISBN of a book is attached to the suggested retail price. They can't release an ebook at $25 when the hardcover comes out, and lower that price to $8 when the paperback comes out for the same ebook. (Even if the public wouldn't screech at them for the $17 early release fee.) The record-keeping methods include a single price for the ISBN, which means that to lower the price, they have to release a new "edition" of the book.
This can be worked around, but doing so means changing the inventory & accounting methods that have worked for about a century. A bit of foot-dragging is not unexpected.