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taming · 09-07-2011, 08:07 AM

My hope is that rather than discussing Agency Pricing in the same way we have in the past, folks will use this thread to list pricing discrepancies on books that are Agency Priced. It is my understanding that Agency Priced books are supposed to be the same price everywhere, at least within the same country.

This morning i decided to buy Elissa Schappell's brand new book, Blueprints for Building Better Girls. I did my due diligence and found the following prices. It is Agency priced (Simon and Schuster).

The ebook was $10.99USD at Barnes and Noble, on the Sony WebsiteUSD (but not found on the reader software--perhaps a Canadian issue), and from the publisher directly. It was $17.52USD from Amazon and $14.99CAD from Kobo.

09-07-2011, 08:07 AM	#1
taming Trying for calm & polite Posts: 4,012 Karma: 9455193 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Mostly in Canada Device: kobo original, WiFI, Touch, Glo, and Aura	Pricing Anomalies in "Agency" Books My hope is that rather than discussing Agency Pricing in the same way we have in the past, folks will use this thread to list pricing discrepancies on books that are Agency Priced. It is my understanding that Agency Priced books are supposed to be the same price everywhere, at least within the same country. This morning i decided to buy Elissa Schappell's brand new book, Blueprints for Building Better Girls. I did my due diligence and found the following prices. It is Agency priced (Simon and Schuster). The ebook was $10.99USD at Barnes and Noble, on the Sony WebsiteUSD (but not found on the reader software--perhaps a Canadian issue), and from the publisher directly. It was $17.52USD from Amazon and $14.99CAD from Kobo.