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Originally Posted by rhadin
Yes, there is competition but even with the errors we find in books published by the Agency 6, there is still a general level of qualitative difference between what the Agency 6 publish and the indie market -- again, broadly speaking. I can point to a handful of indie authors whose books are comparable to the quality level of writing -- again, setting aside formatting issues -- of the Agency 6 produced books, but I would not say that the overall indie effort has reached that qualitative level yet. The fact of competition is not enough. The competition has to be comparable qualitatively.
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That's what competition is. The higher the quality, the higher the price you can command. Put your price TOO high, and folks will put up with lesser quality rather than pay the price premium. Thus, even with the ability to SET the price an ebook costs, the publisher cannot necessarily SELL the ebook at that price.
We do not require different ebook-stores to compete on price for the same ebook in order to have the benefits of pricing competition. There is competition by other books.
Lee