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Originally Posted by stonetools
The very fact that there is a huge and growing demand for devices dedicated to the reading of ebooks undercuts the argument that agency pricing is depressing the market for ebooks. The fact that the ebook bestseller lists are populated with agency priced ebooks pretty much finishes off the argument altogether.
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Does it now? That would be in your mind only though. Just because that might be so (or not) does not make the system any less repulsive.
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Originally Posted by stonetools
Agency pricing actually helps indie authors by allowing them to compete on price with established authors. Even so, very few indie authors sell as well as established authors. You may hate to admit this, but the average consumer apparently is quite willing to pay a premium for established authors.
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Indie authors use agency pricing to compete? Crap. Most of the indie authors I purchase ebooks from rang from $1.99 to $6.99. Agency price locked authors are higher, closer that $9.99 and upwards.
You will need to prove that last comment. If that was the case there would be NO current EU and US based investigations to the agency pricing rorts. There would not need to be, every ebook purchaser would be happy little reader.