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A context in which to evaluate ebook strategies

July 19, 2009 by Mike Shatzkin 27 Comments

This post is part of a growing set initiated by the Sourcebooks experiment holding back an ebook from simultaneous publication with an upcoming hardcover. It is the second (link to the first below) and will be followed by at least one more, as the conclusion of this post makes clear. To talk sensibly about the […]

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