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Example go look on Amazon for a book published by Random House (who is using the Agency model) say "Payback" " by Phil Town. Under the price you will see it listed as "Price set by distributor. Now look for a book that is not in the Agency Model say "Princess Bride" or "Hunger Games ". You'll see both of these are reduced and no mention that the price was set by the vendor.
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That has always been the case.
Not all publishers adopted Agency--and Amazon for one refused to accept it from the smaller publishers.
The Settlement has been agreed to but it won't go into effect until after the court signs off. For now the existing Agency contracts are still in place.