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Originally Posted by rhadin
I clearly have no objective data to support my beliefs, but I do know how my friends and neighbors who have bought or were given ebook-reading devices shop for their books. And this is why, regardless of the complaining about pricing done here on MR, publishers are able to successfully impose the agency model on the consuming public.
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From my own experience, the complaining about the pricing extends far beyond the MR members, just about every person I've met who mentioned it complained. That and poor quality ebooks, it seems prices are going up and quality is going down. There are some who can afford the high prices, I'm sure, but the recession has affected a lot of other people, at least here in the US.
Yes, some publishers imposed the agency model on consumers, but I think it will take time to tell whether they have been succsessful. They certainly alienated me, but frankly I don't think they care.