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I read that and what I came away with is the impression that the flood of cheap and free books is bringing down average book prices. I believe that to be true - with or without Agency pricing. Every sales model I've seen has shown that low cost books are selling at rates far above the ebooks priced at traditional new book prices.
But of his point the one I most disagree with is how Agency pricing protects small retailers. When the ability to attract customers via sale prices is taken away - there are extremely few retailers who have the ability to compete with the giants (Amazon, Barnes, Apple etc) on the basis of website/app buying experiences. This is partly do to my own personal experience. When Agency Pricing took away the need for me to price compare, I was left with absolutely no incentive at all to leave the Amazon site.
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