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Originally Posted by tubemonkey
No; I'm saying they just don't care. They like the book, so they'll pay the price. They might grumble if the price is higher than normal; but in the end, they'll pay it anyway.
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Originally Posted by tubemonkey
The bottom line is that consumers love the agency model.
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Just because someone wants to read a book and thus grudgingly pays the higher price does not mean that they "love" the agency model. It simply means that it has been forced upon them and they have no other legal alternatives for acquiring copies of ebooks.
It would be interesting to compare the circulation of library copies of ebooks pre- and post-agency pricing model. I know that I, for one, have purchased far fewer books this year than in previous years and have checked out and read far more library ebooks. But that's just me.