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Old 04-21-2011, 10:26 AM   #23
Kiteology
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Originally Posted by TheJohnNewton View Post
Isn't the idea of the agency model that publishers are selling ebooks directly. They are just paying Amazon or whoever to operate the storefront for them.
Yes, isn't the agency model exactly as you state. It really surprises me that I don't see a lot of questioning both in this forum and beyond about the so called 'big six' publishers now being in the direct sales business of e-books, but it is business-as-usual with the rest of their product line.
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