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Originally Posted by elemenoP
Just to be clear, it's the publisher, not Amazon. It's agency pricing, where the publisher sets the price and Amazon is not allowed to discount it. That's how you end up with an ebook costing more than the paperback. Grapes of Wrath, for example: the ebook is $12.99, price set by the publisher. For the paperback, the price set by the publisher is $16.00 but Amazon is offering a 41% discount, so it's $9.46.
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And it's also John Steinbeck's estate. His son Thomas (if he is the executor) can negotiate higher royalty rates. Publishers would trip over themselves trying to land such a contract.