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Originally Posted by Lemurion
Windowing is not new: It's why paperbacks are released after hardcover sales start falling off. This isn't punishing you for preferring ebooks, it's rewarding those who are willing to pay more with earlier access.
So many arguments seem to come back to "I buy ebooks so I'm special and shouldn't have to pay as much as everyone else." Why is it ok that people who prefer paper have to wait for the lower prices (when the paperback comes out) but not ok for people who prefer ebooks to have to wait for lower prices?
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So, would you pay hardback prices for a mass-market paperback released day-and-date with the hardback?
No, you wouldn't.
Would you pay hardback prices for a mass-market paperback released a few months after the hardback?
No, you wouldn't.
What we object to is using the hardback price as the basis for pricing ebooks. They're not the same thing. No more than a MMPB is the same thing.