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The publishers switched to the agency model out of the goodness of their hearts! Okay, seriously, this idea that going to collusive agency pricing fosters competition is wrongly framed...it increased competition in the retail of ebooks but decreased competition in the publishing of ebooks. But, increasing competition in retailing led to HIGHER prices...this is because the publishers colluded on agency pricing.
This entire issue is moot for me since I rarely buy ebooks now since they are so expensive. They have annoyed me too much . I use my kindle to read out of copyright books and digital library ebooks...occasionally cheap ebooks and regular priced ebooks when I'm traveling. I go to the old fashion library now, instead of buying any books. At $12.99 for an ebook, I'd much rather spend the time going back and forth from the library (and waiting for books on hold) than buying an ebook I can't resell or lend and probably never look at again.
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