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Originally Posted by Lemurion
Improving the quality is a given.
However I think there's a point that's being missed here: Macmillan's plan involves paying more if you want it first, and paying less if you wait, just like paper. Pay $15 for the ebook of a hardcover on launch day; and pay $6 later. We don't know the details of how the dynamic pricing will work, but the plan certainly seems to involve getting ebooks to 75% of the price of a paperback; just not simultaneously with the hardcover release.
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As as consumer, I hope that when this is all fleshed out that we will get to hear the details. I may not agree with the timeline but at least I would know there is consideration for discounting ebooks to perhaps 75% of paperbacks and how long the wait is.
I'm also worried about who is ultimatly in charge of making the discounts apear in ebook stores. Will it be the publishers, the retailers or the customers?
For the physical item, a store knows to price a paperback at the paperback price because it's a physical item that they have to stock. For the digital item, will it be up to the publishers to notify e-book stores, e-book stores to keep track of when the lower price paperback is available or up to the consumer to notify the ebook store about pricing?
I would feel a lot more comfortable if I knew that there is a system in place for this and what it is.