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Originally Posted by HarryT
I buy primarily "mid-range" books - old books by reasonably well-known authors, mostly in the mystery/detective genre. Eg, Agatha Christie, Ngaio Marsh, Ruth Rendell, Dorothy L. Sayers, etc. I honestly haven't noticed agency pricing affecting the price of these; they're mostly in the £4-5 range, which I consider reasonable for an eBook.
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As do I. But would you say the bulk of the book-buying public in general does the same?
Agency pricing cost the people who buy a lot of New Bestsellers more money. And people who buy New Bestsellers are the demographic that the industry butters its bread with. That's all I'm saying.
Heck, I was paying hardcover prices for best-seller ebooks before the $9.99 best-seller was a gleam in Amazon's eye. So frankly, I feel like I'm
still getting a bit of a bargain compared to that. But that doesn't lead me to deceive myself into thinking that agency pricing hasn't resulted in a general price increase for the
majority of the ebook buying public.