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Originally Posted by fjtorres
In that case, Paypal-ing the author a buck or two would do the job a lot more effectively. 
I find it amusing that even the price-insensitive begin with the assumption that publisher price control = higher prices for consumers. Which, of course, recent history has shown to be true. More, those recent consumer price hikes under Agency came at the expense of authors and (in at least some cases) the publishers themselves, who made less money per book under agency than under the previous wholesale business model. Which, of course, negates the whole rationale of wanting to support authors and encourage them to keep writing.
The Agency implementation that the BPHs colluded to introduce (and which three of them have publicly stated they want back) is one where consumers pay more and authors get less.
Now, who wants to see that again? |
I agree
but at least it means someone has an actual logical thought process behind their willingness to switch universes to one where books cost more. Even if it is ineffective.