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Top100EbooksRank · 07-24-2012, 05:55 AM

5 years from now, will agency pricing be the norm? (fixed prices at every ebook retailers)?

In __ years from now, it might be in Amazon best interest to get 30% commission instead of "very low" margin.

Right now, Amazon is fighting agency pricing because it slow down the adoption of ebook. But when ebook adoption nears its climax (say 70% ebook, 30% physical book), agency pricing might be Amazon's best interest (wouldn't you want 30% instead of just 3%)?

My thinking:

Amazon might wanted agency pricing all along. They just disagree with the publishers on the "when."

07-24-2012, 05:55 AM	#1
Top100EbooksRank Banned Posts: 304 Karma: 6102528 Join Date: Mar 2012 Device: Kindle	Is agency pricing the future of ebook selling? (for example in 2017) 5 years from now, will agency pricing be the norm? (fixed prices at every ebook retailers)? In __ years from now, it might be in Amazon best interest to get 30% commission instead of "very low" margin. Right now, Amazon is fighting agency pricing because it slow down the adoption of ebook. But when ebook adoption nears its climax (say 70% ebook, 30% physical book), agency pricing might be Amazon's best interest (wouldn't you want 30% instead of just 3%)? My thinking: Amazon might wanted agency pricing all along. They just disagree with the publishers on the "when." Last edited by Top100EbooksRank; 07-24-2012 at 05:59 AM.