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Originally Posted by vaughnmr
"Sales have tripled".
Imagine what it could have been without the Agency Model pricing! And take a look at the non-agency sales. The #1 ebook is $5.00. Patterson's publisher (Hatchette) tried to sell his book for $14.99, and after the outrage, dropped it down to $12.99. And for some strange reason, Random House (non-agency) is doing a lot better than the cartel.
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Sales may have been higher without agency. Although *profits* may not have been higher, and that's what really matters. But my main point in noting that sales have tripled is to show that the industry is not "in crisis" or losing sales due to angry consumers. Whether sales would have quintupled without agency pricing is just speculation...and, again, it ignores profit.
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Go over to the Amazon Kindle NY Time bestseller listings, and look at the comments on agency pricing. After 9 months, people are still angry, and getting more so.
You're right, though. They don't care.
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They don't care because people are still buying like crazy.