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Originally Posted by rpresser
What exactly is the difference between an "e-book of a hardcover" and an "e-book of a paperback", when both are the SAME content, probably generated from the same digital file being sent to the printer?
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It's fresher.
Just like day-old bread is cheaper, it seems appropriate to me that year-old books should be cheaper--the people who really, really wanted it have already bought, and now you're trying to tempt passers-by with lower prices. Using the date the paperback comes out is a convenient way to decide when the book is old enough to count as "not fresh anymore, but still edible."