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Originally Posted by Lemurion
I don't necessarily agree with everything in Macmillan's proposal, but the idea of paying $15 for the e-books of new release hardcovers and $6 for the e-books of backlist paperbacks doesn't bother me. ...
Under the Macmillan plan, no one has to pay more than $10 for an e-book if they don't want to. You just can't buy the e-book on the same day as the hardcover release for $10.
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There's nothing in the Macmillan statement that indicates all, or even the majority, of the backlist will be $6. Nothing that says most books will go below $10. All they say is that they'll start at $15, have a time-plan for lowering the price, and the lowest possible is $6.
They're *not* saying, "our ebooks will be reduced to $6 when the paperback is released." They're not saying, "all of our ebooks will eventually be available for under $10." Maybe they release popular novels at $15; when the trade pb shows up, they drop to $12.50, and when the paperback comes out, the ebook drops to $10. And maybe books they only publish in paperback start at $13, and after a year or two drop to $6.