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Originally Posted by leebase
Someone's a brick shy of a load, but not me. This "fact" SUPPORTS the reality of competition and how the agency pricing model has NOT resulted in an unfair market. Penguin is now in control of it's ebook pricing but has NO POWER to force people to pay those prices. As such, customers have migrated away from the higher priced books.
Thing is, this has ALWAYS been true. Lots of folks would never buy a new release hard back because of the price. Lots of folks waited for the paper back or used the library or bought the hard backs from the "cheap bin".
For a time we had Amazon subsidizing new release ebooks at the paper back price, which was obviously attractive for customers but not to the publishers.
So now that the publishers have set the new release back to their "new hard back prices" (yes, a few dollars cheaper) -- some of that market is going to revert back to waiting or choosing alternatives.
Lee
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Wait, you think that $14.99 at Amazon and $14.99 at Apple and $14.99 at Kobo is price competition? And you are saying I'm a brick shy?
Even the publisher's have admitted this. I've seen some reality distortion field effects, but this is new to me.