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Originally Posted by grechzoo
Im guessing this has to do with the publisher, but im still going through the long proccess of research an e-reader, and one question that popped up was how quick new books move over to the ebook form.
for example robin hobb's new novel is coming out in march, and i was wondering how quick sites like fictionwise are in getting, and also is the kindle store faster?
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This is a hot topic at the moment. Some publishers are wanting to delay the release of ebooks until some months after the hardback. Most are releasing ebooks simultaneously with the hardback, but possibly at silly prices.
A rare few release simultaneously and at good prices.
One will actually release a final draft version some months BEFORE the hardback and real ebook release.
On the whole, I expect it to become the norm for ebook and hardback release to be simultaneous, with the ebook being just a little cheaper than the hardback (after discounts).