[Kumabjorn]

We've lived with the Agency model for a while now, and we have also seen the prolification of self-published independent authors, some of those have been successfull enough to enter the larger domain of general readers. A lot of these authors offer their works at sub $5 pricing.

The question now is; Do we have any reliable statistics of how well this pricing model fares against the traditional publishers $12 - $15 price range? Are we seeing a decline in sales of established authors, or are the independets purchases added on the top of the others? Are we moving away from established authors based on publishers pricing or are we devouring the new authors together with the established?