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Originally Posted by HarryT
It forbids discounting by the retailer; it does not mean that everyone has to sell it at the same price; the publisher is entirely free to set different prices at different retailers. See my previous post about the same publisher setting different US and UK prices for the same book for an example of this.
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Those are different contracts for different books from different publishers.
(Remember, the US and UK subsidiaries act independently, as if they were different companies.)
The rights and the markets are different.
Try looking for different prices in the same market.
Its *their* rules.
Now, whether the publishers themselves can discount in direct sales of agency titles is an interesting intellectual exercise and I'd love to see it tested in court.