Sheet music publishers are missing out on potential income. Tech books publishers like Pragmatic Press or No Starch have for years offered titles in print form, digitally, or both—usually at a discount.
If the major (and minor) publishers of music offered print and digital version of their catalog, I'd be inclined to get both. I'm using forScore for nearly all my music (violoncello and mandolin) these days.
While I can (and do) scan music and save it as PDFs to use in forScore, it would be lovely to not have to.
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