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Originally Posted by Mike L
I thought the agency model was between Amazon and the large publishers. Are you saying that it allows the publisher to fix the price for all retailers in all ebook formats? By all means, correct me if I have misunderstood.
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That's it exactly. What the publisher is saying is "we will only allow you to sell our books if you act as our agent, rather than a retailer". The retailer of course has the choice not to sell the publisher's books at all, but if they want to sell the books, the publisher sets the price. It's price fixing, pure and simple, and that's why the OFT has launched an investigation into it.