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As regards Smashwords discount coupons, I don't see how they can survive. The Amazon terms of enslavement say that if the book is offered anywhere at a lower price Amazon can match that price and if the price goes below $2.99, the royalty scheme changes.
If an author offers an ebook on Smashwords at the set price of $2.99 then offers a $1.00 off discount, the offered sale price is $1.99. Should not the author expect Amazon to match that $1.99 price without a coupon?
Isn't that why the 20% (or other discount) coupons offered by etailers like Kobo don't work on agency-priced ebooks? Isn't that why micropay at Fictionwise has disappeared?
It isn't clear to me why an author thinks he/she can set an ebook price at $2.99 and force every ebookseller except themselves to honor it without repercussions.
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