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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
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.
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Would they have to release a new edition, or could the eBook edition just be valued at some % of the HB MSRP?