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Originally Posted by shibamistress
Sorry for what's probably a dumb question, but I'm new to the ebook scene: what is a non-agency book?
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Google "Agency Pricing" or search for it here for endless discussions about it, but basically many of the major publishers used to sell their ebooks to retailers using a model similar to tat used for print books. A retailer got a book for a certain amount off of list price (say 50%, although it varies) and could then sell the book for what ever they wanted. Then came Agency Pricing (started for most pubs on 4/1/2010) where now ebooks are sold on more of a consignment method. The retailer is just an agent for the publisher who is the seller. For their trouble the retailer gets 30% (or there about). Because the retailer is just the agent they are not allowed to discount or offer promos/coupons or do anything that alters the price set by the publisher (which is usually higher than many folks would like).