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JSWolf · 08-17-2014, 03:50 PM

I do think these smaller eBook stores did go out of business because of Apple and the Price Fix Six. These stores had business models that were no longer workable under agency pricing. It changed their way of doing business so much that they had no way to complete against the bigger shops such as B&N and Amazon. When all the prices for the BPH eBooks were the same. It was the way these smaller shop discounted and/or had rebates, coupon codes, sales, cash back credit and whatnot that worked for them. When that was taken away, anything they had that made them different was gone and they just became like everybody else. They had no way to compete against the bigger shops.

I used to shop at BooksOnBoard and Fictionwise before the agency pricing as I liked their business models. They worked. They worked to get me to buy eBooks from them and to save money doing so.

08-17-2014, 03:50 PM	#10
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,796 Karma: 146391129 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	I do think these smaller eBook stores did go out of business because of Apple and the Price Fix Six. These stores had business models that were no longer workable under agency pricing. It changed their way of doing business so much that they had no way to complete against the bigger shops such as B&N and Amazon. When all the prices for the BPH eBooks were the same. It was the way these smaller shop discounted and/or had rebates, coupon codes, sales, cash back credit and whatnot that worked for them. When that was taken away, anything they had that made them different was gone and they just became like everybody else. They had no way to compete against the bigger shops. I used to shop at BooksOnBoard and Fictionwise before the agency pricing as I liked their business models. They worked. They worked to get me to buy eBooks from them and to save money doing so.