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Originally Posted by calvin-c
Correct-unless you're assuming that a publisher who issues both pbook & ebook versions "won't think outside the box"? If that's true, where did their ebook versions come from?
In most cases, the problem isn't the refusal to issue ebooks, but the refusal to price them appropriately-and 'appropriately itself covers a wide range of opinions. (I'm definitely in the camp that says the only reason a pbook version should be cheaper than the ebook is because the retailer is selling it as a 'loss leader'. Not usually the case IMO-more often it's the publisher not reducing the ebook price when they release a cheaper pbook version. And that's wrong.)
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Not thnking outside the box for me on this subject means they fail to realize the printers/typesetters/brick and morter stores are no longer in the sequence for ebooks. Therefore ebooks should be less in cost to the consumer than a paperback and hard cover book.
The ebook version should be cheaper than the paperback version. And I don't mean a few pennies or a dollar less. That 'drop' is the publisher making fun of the consumer.