I'm assuming it's a tactic to increase dead-tree edition sales, so they can go a big reseller and have them agree to sell it at a much bigger scale. I know of a

I'm assuming it's a tactic to increase dead-tree edition sales, so they can go a big reseller and have them agree to sell it at a much bigger scale. I know of authors who've employed this strategy before (and had it work). So, I suppose give it something like 6 months, when it's available at your local Barnes&Noble and whatnot, and the eBook version will be made available then.