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Originally Posted by BearMountainBooks
Darknets or no, I think they miss out on the impulse buyer. Or the buyer who thinks they are waiting and then forgets about the book entirely (that would be me quite often.)
There are opportunities with ebooks that didn't exist with hard copy books, but many publishers aren't taking advantage of them. It's their ballgame, but I would think attracting the impulse buyer at a good price would more than make up for bothering with a delay.
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I couldn't agree more. There have been many occasions where I would have clicked the "buy now" button on impulse for current non-fiction titles and instant gratification. Many sales lost just from me. By the time the ebook did become available, I had either lost interest (became "old" news), had forgotten about it completely, or was so irritated by publishers' actions that I protested with my wallet and kept my money.
When high price and/or delayed release apply, I have resorted to obtaining the newly-released title at my library resulting in
zero revenue from me. I am convinced the dinosaurs in publishing do not understand that those with e-readers are, for the most part, serious readers who do not purchase hard copy books.