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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
They use agents, not distributors; the agents don't get to set the prices or the terms of sale--they can't distribute to other stores who get to resell the items under their own terms. The publisher sets the end-user's purchase price. The article mentioned other industries using this pricing method; I'd like to know what those are. What other industries involve a manufacturer setting the end-user purchase price? (I'm not saying there aren't any just because I can't think of them off the top of my head.)
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Ah, I misunderstood the term. Here is one example of setting a minimum price:
http://blogs.computerworld.com/14842...inimum_pricing
The article gives a reference to a Wall Street story discussing this more.
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Have Baen's hardcover sales dropped in the 10 years they've been offering cheap, DRM-free ebooks?
Do they have any statistics showing that ebook sales reduce hardcover sales? And that higher ebook prices connect to more hardcover sales?
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Eh. If we get to a situation were 80% of books sold are ebooks then of course the hardcover paper book sale will be reduced. A best seller is price insensitive. So you will not get so many extra sales by reducing the price.