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Originally Posted by stonetools
The burden of proof would still be on those who are claiming that agency pricing is causing a reduction in the rate of growth. There is no evidence of anything but a rapid rise in e-book sales, despite agency pricing.
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Had a quick google to see if I could find anything to backup the claim and turned up
this post by amazon.
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Unsurprisingly, when prices went up on agency-priced books, sales immediately shifted away from agency publishers and towards the rest of our store. In fact, since agency prices went into effect on some e-books in the US, unit sales of books priced under the agency model have slowed to nearly half the rate of growth of the rest of Kindle book sales. This is a significant difference, as the growth of the total Kindle business has been substantial - up to the end of September, we've sold more than three times as many Kindle books in 2010 as we did up to the end of September in 2009. And in the US, Kindle editions now outsell hardcover editions, even while our hardcover business is growing.
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You may be skeptical about what Amazon state, however, if what Amazon says is false, it would be a trivial matter for the affected publishers to show otherwise.
Also, just noticed Elfwreck's post, that's additional evidence of agency pricing impacting sales from the people who perhaps care the most about it and have the most to lose.