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Originally Posted by ApK
Not exactly.... Publishers always 'set a price.' Then independent resellers set a different one. Agency pricing means publisher sets the price AND ANY OTHER RESELLER AGREES TO ACT AS AN AGENT OF THE PUBLISHER and resell for the same price.
Does Bean even HAVE others resell their ebooks? If not, they aren't doing agency pricing.
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<devil's advocate>
... it is worse?
The price is still set by the publisher either way, and consumers have less choice in where they can acquire the book from.
</devil's advocate>