Sarah Palin book won't be making it on Kindle in time for Christmas

Amazon.com's strategy of putting new release books on Kindle on the same day they release in hardcover has met with mixed reaction from publishers. Random House agreed to Amazon's terms with Dan Brown's latest thriller, "The Lost Symbol," but the publisher of Ted Kennedy's memoir "True Compass" delayed the electronic version indefinitely. Now HarperCollins is delaying the e-book version of another buzzed-about title, Sarah Palin's memoir "Going Rogue." The Palin book is due to release on Nov. 17, but the digital edition won't be available until Dec. 26.

Many publishers object to putting out an e-book at the same time as hardcover, fearing the electronic version (which Amazon prices at $9.99) will eat into more lucrative hardcover sales.

With "The Lost Symbol," Amazon highlighted that Kindle sales outpaced hardcover sales on the book's release day, perhaps to demonstrate that Kindle users are hungry for new release titles. But Amazon may have also spooked publishers already leery about the erosion of hardcover sales.

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