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Originally Posted by Kali Yuga
For example: "Caught" by Harlan Coben (NYT Best Seller released last March) is currently $15, and the paperback will be released in a few weeks.
"Fantasy In Death" by JD Robb (NYT Best Seller last February) is now $7 in ebook, and $8 in paperback.
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In the UK, for your two example books:
Caught: £3.99
paperback, £4.99
Kindle
Fantasy in Death: £5.23
paperback, £6.98
Kindle
Caught is so cheap because the paperback is already out in the UK.
Here's one that isn't. The latest No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency:
£7.64
hardback, £8.99
Kindle
Are Amazon losing money on these hardbacks and paperbacks? I rather doubt it. Which means that the publishers must be giving Amazon a 55% to 60% discount on the paper books, and Amazon are taking just 5% of the RRP. Or about 10% of the price they sellling at.
What's astonishing about the Agency pricing is the vast percentage the publishers are giving the retailers: 30% of the selling price. That's the big problem with Agency pricing — too much is going to the retailer!
Anyway, it's a good thing I have a large TBR pile, and several months of webscriptions yet to buy. I refuse to buy an ebook for more than the paper book, and with Agency pricing it seems that's the order of the day from the big publishers through Amazon.