Thread: The $15 Boycott: Will you be participating?
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Old 02-05-2010, 10:31 AM   #114
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Originally Posted by mcl View Post
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.
Last I checked, Macmillan's plan would price ebooks at about 50% of the hardcover price on the day of release. I fail to see how the scenarios you outline have any relation to that situation.
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