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Old 04-17-2011, 04:23 PM   #208
JSWolf
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Originally Posted by J. Strnad View Post
To put it bluntly, you really need to write a book, get an agent, attract a publisher, and get neck-deep into negotiations to comprehend how improbable it is that any author would go to the mat over the ebook price.
But in this case, we are talking a best selling author here. An author who has already found an agent, has a publisher and has the clout to try to dictate pricing. So in this case, I do think the author has to take some responsibly for what is going on. To allow the publisher to screw with your work is not good at all.

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Originally Posted by bhartman36 View Post
Amazon could easily solve this problem, if they wanted to. They obviously know who purchased a book and who didn't. But Amazon benefits from people pressuring the publishers to lower prices., so they have no problem with people doing this kind of thing.
But, I could have read the book from another source and am putting my review up to help others.

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