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Originally Posted by Lemurion
What's funny is that in many ways Macmillan's proposed pricing structure is very similar to Baen's. $15 for "must have it now," falling to $6 later. Yes they're stretching it out over a longer timeline, but the same idea is there.
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Baen's $15 is pre-release, before the hardcover is available. Not simultaneous with hardcover release. And the drop to $6 occurs at a specific time (paper release), and is absolute: it's not a drop to $12 in three months, then $10 in another three months, then $8 six months after that, and finally $6 two years after original release.
And while Macmillan has said they'll be lowering the prices of ebooks over time, they haven't said how much, or how much time. They may decide that some books should just stay at $15, or at mmpb price ($8-9), in order to "avoid cannibalizing" the print sales.