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Originally Posted by Kemp
Yes, I can see Haven's back up, as well. It's very confusing to me, as it was gone from UK for near to 2 weeks and the US for one. Nothing has changed from the terms of the email they sent me; the offending cheaper site wasn't listed as simultaneously iBooks, Kobo, Sony, and B&N; it was just B&N. Of course, the price change hasn't been reflected anywhere, and the book is listed as "Draft" in my DTP Bookshelf.
Odd.
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Ahhh, so you did get an email from them. Sorry, I misunderstood, thought you'd had no communication. Seems peculiar, bordering on truly bizarre, that they'd not either act on this unilaterally or put out a statement of their position somewhere like the DTP forum. I wonder if it was a misguided bit of enthusiasm from a new employee, hence the making it available again? *ponder*
For those interested: since first reading the 35% 'royalty' contract, I've maintained that selling something for a lower price and making it available free are legally two different beasts. So far, it's seemed that Amazon agreed with me. *shrug*
Where the 70% contract is in place, Amazon has only been known to pull books in situations where the price difference is extreme, from what I've seen. None of the other retailers seem to spontaneously discount very deeply. The only problematic situations I've seen is where there's been a pricing stuff-up elsewhere and hence when Amazon has lowered the sale price - as it's entitled to do under the 70% contract - the author has ended up with 70% of a much lower price. However, they don't tend to kick people onto the 35% contract due to the sale price falling under $2.99.