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Originally Posted by bgalbrecht
I sometimes think you're just a troll.
What don't you understand about copyright? The copyright holder (or her agent) gets to decide how the copyrighted material gets distributed.
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1. We are all trolls, living in the troll kingdom, but who is our king?
2. That is exactly what I do not understand about copyright, copyright itself.
It is an archaic manipulation of the market that sorely needs to be abandoned in favor of freedom of distribution. The network has the capability to distribute monies algorithmically, or it will shortly. I prefer the human touch and I think it would behoove us to begin this free distribution model ASAP. Many authors are giving their works away for free ATM, many are not. On the surface this feels like freedom of choice, but if there was no choice we would be completely free.
To upload, and read, everything.
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Originally Posted by bgalbrecht
I'm against agency pricing, but I fully support the author or their publisher being able to set the suggested retail price of their ebook. If they price it too high for what I'm willing to pay, I just won't buy it. The reason why I'm against agency pricing is because it doesn't give the bookseller the option to put ebooks on sale when they put the corresponding print book on sale.
As to the ability of an author to charge more or less, have you ever been to a well stocked used book store? Find a mass market paperback book that's been in print for a long time (at least 10-15 years). You'll find that the book will have been sold at several different prices. Why should that be any different for ebooks?
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1. The agency is the author for all intents and purposes, THERE IS NO BOOK STORE THAT SELLS EBOOKS. Only servers that distribute and market books that have been uploaded by the author/agency.
2. ebooks change everything.