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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Are you trying to kill off reading?
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No, what I was saying in my hypothetical was that if something like agency pricing had been in effect in the 90s when the chain bookstores began to take off then maybe independent bookstores would have had a fighting chance. The same thing applies to chain bookstores in relation to Amazon. Because the chain bookstores and then Amazon could offer very cheap discounts, bookstores are now in danger. I'm not a fan of Amazon so I don't really care if they can't sell e-books at $9.99 or less. Sorry if you don't like that. Additionally, I tend to buy a lot of academic books from university and academic publishers and their books tend to cost a lot of money. I don't mind parting with $20, $25 or $30 for a good book. I don't have a Wal-Mart mentality when it comes to books.
Do you have any numbers that say that agency pricing has actually lessened the number of books read? Amazon is still selling lots of eBooks including eBooks by agency publishers.