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Old 12-03-2010, 10:35 AM   #10
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Originally Posted by DMSmillie View Post
I'm interested to know what people think about authors having a direct say in the price their books sell for, and whether or not their books are discounted by retailers (note: I'm talking here about indie authors who publish independently, not those who publish via a "mainstream" publishing house).
I honestly don't see that it makes the slightest difference whether the author is independent, or being published by a publisher.

The argument against it is generally said to be that price fixing is not in the interests of the consumer. Provided that the retailer pays the author (or publisher) a fixed amount, it should be entirely down to the retailer to decide what price to offer the product at. That's the way that the retail market works; why should books be any exception to the normal retail model?
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