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Originally Posted by stonetools
Its not my burden to prove its "working": its your burden to prove that agency pricing unduly depresses sales.
You are quoting, not real sales figures but conclusory statements by Amazon- the very entity those practices led to the adoption of agency pricing ! Hardly a disinterested party.
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There's me thinking I'd offered proof from a company who's conclusions are based on actual sales data no less, to show that agency IS reducing growth rate.
Ah, I understand how it works then. You make a statement and offer nothing to backup your claim, yet when disagreed with, insist I prove my claims with actual sales data, but remain unable to accept a quote from a company that is based on that actual data without having to offer similar support for your own claims.
That said, this is perhaps futile to continue, but...
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What those lists do prove is that the publishers were correct that the market price for bestselling ebooks was above the price that Amazon wanted to charge. If the publishers were wrong about that, then the current bestsellers wouldn't be bestsellers.
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See previous post, best sellers could remain best sellers despite a reduction in growth of the market for agency books. Not saying that is the case, just stating that as evidence a best seller list proves nothing with regards to the current topic.
I've made my point either way, I doubt we'll reach any kind of agreement
