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Originally Posted by JSWolf
One of the reasons I started reading eBooks was because there were cheaper then the pBook. I don't buy hardcovers. So by pricing the eBook at $9.99, the publisher & author(s) get more money then if I wait until the MMPB is out and the price drops. With the agency model, I don't pay $12.99 or $14.99 for an eBook. So if I wait until the price maybe drops when the MMPB comes out, they lose money. The agency model is as stupid as it gets.
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A great example of two things. No matter who does the pricing -- you exercise your own power to either buy or not buy. At "hard back book" pricing the publishers don't have you for a customer. But clearly, they have plenty of other customers willing to pay those prices. Ergo, the hard back book prices must not be "too high".
So there is a level of demand that supports the "high price". After that demand is satisfied -- the publishers in the past have come out with products they sold at a lower price point to scoop up those sales. With ebooks, there won't be a separate product, just a lowering of the price.
Lee