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Originally Posted by SteveEisenberg
They are telling me that when eBook prices rise above $9.99, less money is spent on eBooks of the average title. But they don't say what happens to Amazon's total revenue for a title, eBook and paper, when eBook prices rise. That data was just as easily available, and is more relevant to their argument. Maybe it would even support their argument, but, if so, it would show a much more modest effect.
They had a choice as to whether to give the more relevant figure, or to try to slip something past us, and choose the latter.
Pringles my foot  |
Steve. Thanks for the original post and your quoted post. I think extracting data of the type you refer to from Amazon or virtually any other business is like pulling teeth. I'm actually quite surprised at the release of as much information as they did. But I don't think the value of the information provided as opposed to information on the effect on Amazon's total revenue is much different here. In a traditional distribution of physical goods where there is a large cost of the direct production of the goods and significant other overheads, it is possible but not inevitable that what you seek would be significantly more relevant. However, I doubt this is true in the case of ebooks.