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Originally Posted by Alisa
I think one thing they're not getting is that a lot of folks who used to buy paperbacks are willing to spend $10 but not $15. Like you say, they're going to lose sales they would've gotten when the book was being actively marketed on release.
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So these people who used to buy paperbacks a year after the original release still bought those paperbacks even though they weren't accompanied by a big marketing campaign? How have things changed?
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Originally Posted by Barcey
For me it's not about the price is. I reject Macmillan setting the price that the retailers can sell the books for and when the price drops.
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So presumably you reject the idea that publishers should decide when to release a mass-market paperback as well? How dare they!
Consistency doesn't seem to be the strong suit here...
Agency-pricing is not a good thing, but it's Amazon's fault for trying to act the bully. And with the market in the state that it is, agency-pricing just happens to benefit them immensely, strange isn't it?
In the old days:
Book comes out in hardback, but you don't think it's worth the cost, so you wait a year and get the paperback.
Now:
Book comes out at full-price, but you don't think it's worth the cost, so you wait a year and get the discount version.
What's changed?
Nothing