Quote Originally Posted by The Giant View Post
The real open question is what I will do with regard to whatever the next new book will be—will I release digital at the same time or embargo it for a while to try and maximize print sales? I don't know yet. Ultimately, the reason I've held off on PDFs for so long has not been the piracy issue but rather the economic constraints of physical printing.
Would you also consider some sort of third way / mixed option, where a pre-order of the paper book also 'throws in' the digital version? And then you embargo as you describe for a while? So that the sequence goes:

  • Month -1: Pre-order paper book, get digital version (free, or at cost, or just @ normal price, whatever makes economic sense)
  • Month 0: Paper book available for regular purchase, digital version not available
  • Month 0 + x: Digital version now available too



I don't pretend to understand the economics of self-publishing, nor is it my business to have any insight into what your margins are on either version... just wondering aloud as a fan.