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Originally Posted by AnemicOak
The Agency deals currently in place do not allow one for a books to cost less at one seller over another. Macmillan says it's "this much" and everyone who sells Macmillan titles has to sell it for that price (or not sell it at all). Therefore Tor.com can't sell the books for any less than Tor sells them on Amazon, B&N, Kobo, etc.
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I think the DOJ's removal of the 'most favoured nation' clause from the settlement 3 (or however many have settled now) means that MacMillan have a very good chance of getting it dropped in their next negotiation with Amazon, that will mean they can undercut Amazon when selling direct.
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Originally Posted by jgaiser
For the most part I agree with this sentiment. I don't generally purchase by publisher, but by author. That said, I still frequent Baen and spend a lot of money there.
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The other thing people are forgetting when saying people won't go to a different website for their books, is that Tor is a genre publisher. If it's a genre you like then it's very handy when looking for a new book that you will probably like any book on the site (No more having to scroll past 50 pages of "Pride & Pejudice & Chickens") that is going to be more and more usefull as the Qty of self published junk increases (Not to be confused with the self published stuff that people want - but it's near impossible to tell the difference at the moment).