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You're pretty much forced to pay the high prices in the US, I don't know "what the market will bear" has to do with it.
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Grey market book binding and paper used to be much inferior. In as much as this is still true -- Wikipedia's grey market article says quality has been improving -- your point is moot. Quote:
I suppose some bigger players might be tempted to enter the US retail grey market because of the ruling. But the market can't be overly large because of the FUD factor regarding the question of whether the import version is identical. Publishers issue a different ISBN number for overseas editions, and can easily change pagination. Most students looking for a bargain will continue to buy used, and then sell the used book back to a store at the end of the semester. It is hard for the textbook grey market to compete against that business model. P.S. Most US universities have textbooks kept on reserve for in-library reading, bringing the student price down to zero (or a little higher because the library is included in the tuition price). Our own children aren't spendthifts, but, unlike me, aren't real library-lovers either. So we've mostly let them buy used, with a little grey market, and a little--gulp--new. Last edited by SteveEisenberg; 03-19-2013 at 08:18 PM. |
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Grey Market has been around for a long time with watches. Most discount chains are selling grey market watches. For example Seiko's come with a 3 year warranty. One year is good any where in the world. The last two years are only valid in the country the watch was manufactured to be sold in. So in effect grey market watches have a one year warranty unless you are willing to send it to the country it was originally to be sold in.
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And I'd also imagine that'd require the prof allowing the textbook to be put on reserve. Instead of, y'know, checking it out for the duration of the semester to make sure their students *have* to buy the textbook? Just because taking kickbacks is illegal, only means you get in trouble if you get caught. |
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This may be the test for how profitable the publishing business truly is. Do they have enough cash to either buy or rent the requisite number of politicians?
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But the real point is that the publisher would still make a profit at the grey market price. So if a reseller is undercutting the publisher on US sales, then the free market is doing its job! |
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Sorry I need clarification on what this means. If you have the right to legally resell digital content purchased somewhere else, but code such as DRM prevents you from sharing and therefore reselling content, does this ruling potentially impact DRM? e.g. DRM prevents you reselling ebooks unlike a pbook which can be traded on once you have finshed with it.
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I would imagine that this would also apply to resale, although the overwhelming majority (if not all) digital media doesn't permit resale anyway. |
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I don't believe this ruling will have any impact on reselling digital media, although I may of course be wrong.
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