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Originally Posted by AnemicOak
I don't know. Seems to me a lot of titles are discounted on Amazon. For 'paperback equivalents' where they were $7.99 under agency a lot are now $5.99 (& sometimes less), at least ones I routinely look at.
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I've seen some titles on sale and Google tends to have 25% off some new releases as well.
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Originally Posted by AnemicOak
I think the problem with Kobo was that they have to make an overall profit on a given publishers catalog and they can't do that with 50%+ discount codes which are their big draw for a lot of people. I'm guessing that's at least part of why they only allowed coupons for a short time after agency. Plus they've stated that they want agency pricing to continue.
I think the only retailer left who has had any kind of rewards program is OmniLit/All Romance and there at least some (can't check them all obviously) HarperCollins are eligible while Hachette, Penguin, Random House and S&S titles aren't. But we don't know why they aren't is it the publishers or is it the bookseller (perhaps because of their cut from the publisher) not allowing them as reward eligible.
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I was told by ARe that it was up to the publisher if they wanted their books to be eligible for the loyalty program.
But leaving it up to the publisher means while agency pricing may be not in effect in theory, it is still in effect in reality.
Sales are all well and good, but if the titles I'm interested in buying aren't on sale than it doesn't matter. I miss the days when all books are coupon eligible. Coupons and loyalty programs are where agency pricing never ended.