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I hear ya. I look at one book and suddenly the home page is flooded with similar and sometimes not so similar books. Looking doesn't mean I'm interested; but buying does.
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Neither do Amazon executives. If they did, they wouldn't buy so many books from big publishers. |
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That being said, I am talking as an individual here. As a business owner, if one of my clients really really wants to buy hardware from a certain vendor or manufacturer I am not going to stop doing business with that client because I don't like who they do business with...and I believe it's the same thing with Amazon. I would try to talk my client out of purchasing their servers from an anonymous seller on ebay, even going so far as to send out an email itemizing why I think it's a bad idea. In the end, though, I will still support the hardware as well as I can...I see Amazon as being in the same position. They are trying to talk their customers out of it...even going so far as to send out an email detailing the issues that they are having, but if their customers want to buy books from Hachette, Amazon will sell them. Just like I will support the crappy ebay servers. Shari |
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Now, if it's a plumber or roofer, I do pay more for someone I trust. Last edited by SteveEisenberg; 08-27-2014 at 08:24 PM. |
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The issue just made it to BBC Radio 4 Today programme, with an extended explanatory piece.
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It is the publisher that raises book prices by doing agency and they don't get paid more than before. But there will be less books sold when prices are higher. |
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Question for anyone:
Under Agency, how much did Amazon pay for books priced at $12.99? $14.99? |
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If you believe that Amazon is simply cutting prices to establish market dominance then you are being very optimistic from the point of the BWM's. Amazon is a direct competitor. It is now a major publisher in its own right. It appears to me that Amazon has created a whole new market for books priced from 0.99 to 9.99, and it is itself publishing most of the books to satisfy this market. It is also offering the vast majority of authors a much better deal than they can get with the BWM's, and without them relinquishing the intellectual propery in their work. Unless the BWM's get their act together very quickly and come up with a competitive business model they are doomed.
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