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by Someone 900 days ago
Capitalism. If customers find that extra service valuable, as a publisher, why wouldn’t you charge for it?

(Bundling the paper and digital products also could lead to “If I buy a physical book, and don’t want the ebook, why isn’t that cheaper?”, but such a very limited bundling of products, I think, is a much lesser concern)