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Originally Posted by pwalker8
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Originally Posted by JSWolf
What the press doesn't understand is that if Amazon gives in to Hatchette, then Hatchette will be going back to agency prices and that means higher prices for those that buy Hatchette eBooks. The only thing stopping agency for now is Amazon and would most people want agency prices back? I would think not.
So tell these publications to understand what's at stack before calling Amazon crazy. Look at it from the consumer point of view and see who's the one that's against the consumer.
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Well, I'm a consumer and from my point of view, I don't want to see books and ebooks treated as a race to the bttton, generic commodity. I buy books from specific authors, not generic "parts is parts" ebooks. |
Same here -- what's your point?
Amazon is not in a race to the bottom; on the contrary, they believe in minimum price points.
Amazon sells and markets specific books, not "parts is parts". They have spent a lot of money investing in a system to figure out which specific books people want. If the consumer wants a fork, Amazon doesn't want to futilely try selling them a spoon.
Speaking as a consumer interested in the future of books as a quality product, I call FUD.