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Originally Posted by stonetools
I think a look at the bestseller lists will reveal that agency priced books are selling very well . Whatever Amazon says, its own bestseller lists are dominated by agency priced books
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That doesn't prove agency pricing is working, you can infer very little from those lists. If agency books sold 1000x times more books than non agency (prior to agency introduction) and now sell only 500x as many, they'd still dominate the best seller lists despite a reduction in sales or growth.
Ps yes the 1000x was a arbitrary and ridiculous number for the example, I just wanted to point out that despite a decline in popularity you can still remain a best seller for a time, but the gap will be closing at a higher rate than it may otherwise have.
Amazon's statement however is based on actual sales data and growth rates extracted from that data. The best seller lists do not disprove anything stated in the amazon quote.