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Originally Posted by murraypaul
To a figure higher than without Agency pricing?
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*sigh* OK, again....
• Amazon attempted to set a $10 price point.
• Other vendors (notably Sony, then B&N) did
not match those prices consistently, and often had books that were over $10.
• Amazon also did not strictly adhere to the $10 price point.
• Consumers often blasted Amazon mercilessly for any book over $10 -- including trashing titles in the reader reviews and attempting "$9.99 boycotts" -- which indicates to me that the issue is the price, not who is setting it.
A few blasts from the past, before agency pricing existed....
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=53942
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=54338
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32583
http://inkmesh.com/blog/2009/11/30/a...ebook-pricing/
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Originally Posted by murraypaul
Do the Larsson books cost more or less this week than last?
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Again: I did not say that "absolutely no book prices go up with agency pricing."
I'm saying that while it is true that
some ebooks are more expensive, others are at the same price as before.
The statement "agency pricing = more expensive" indicates that there is an across-the-board price increase, which is simply not the case.
Thus it is
partly true that agency priced books are more expensive. I am not saying that the statement is "false," or "wildly outrageous," or that "no prices changed," or "all prices went down," or "Random House gives out free puppies with every download." I'm saying that the perception exaggerates the impact of the price increases, and is thus moderately inaccurate.
This, by the way, is rather normal -- as people tend to react much more strongly to a perceived loss ("the book I want is $2 more now") than to a perceived gain ("the book I want is $2 less now").
Capisce?