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Originally Posted by HarryT
What's interesting there, ST, is to compare Amazon UK's Kindle book prices with paperback prices. Now, of course, the Kindle book price is generally set by the publisher, while Amazon are free to discount the paperback. What you find in nearly all cases, though, is that the publisher has discounted the eBook to just - normally a penny or so - below what Amazon have set as the paperback price. Clearly the publishers are taking Amazon's paperback prices as the cue for what people are willing to pay, and are setting eBook prices just a little lower.
I don't know if you see the same pattern of behavior in the US with Amazon and the agency publishers?
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Hey Harrry, I just looked thjrough my wishlist. The pattern I see is this: when a book is is in hardcover, the price is generally between 12.99-14.99. (One of the books, The Swerve, is an astonishing $9.43. even though its still in HC).
When books come out in PB, the default price falls to 9.99. There are a handful of books where the ebook price is between 7.99-9.99, and there are a handful above 9.99. Sometimes there are promotions in which the publishers allow deep discounts temporarily.
The misconception that publishers NEVER allow discounts is just that- a misconception. We all wish of course that they would allow more.
I would say that in US the publishers generally do try to set ebook prices around where the PB price is, for books that are in PB.