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Old 02-28-2011, 11:17 PM   #31
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Originally Posted by ATDrake View Post
Wonder how this will affect their sales, since my pet crackpot hypothesis has been that RH has been experiencing a boost relative to the Agency 5....
• The overwhelming majority of consumers don't care about agency pricing.
• The overwhelming majority of consumers don't care who is publishing the book.
• "Sales figures" aren't the end-all and be-all of business. There are lots of other aspects, like protecting the value of your product and revenues.

Looking at the NYT ebook best sellers list, RH is fairly well represented. We'll see if going to agency pricing has an effect.

That said, I cannot imagine that they would switch (or will stay with the switch) if they were genuinely tromping the competition and raking in the bucks.
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