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Originally Posted by pwalker8
Perhaps the original poster is confusing the "suggested list price" for the actual price being charged. The "suggested list price" is just there to make the consumer think they are getting a real bargain, it's not the price that most sellers are selling the book for. For example, Amazon says that the Digital List Price for the latest Rick Riordan book is $19.99 and they sell it for $8.99. However, B&N sells the same ebook for $11 and Kobo sells it for $12.39. (to avoid the expected - "See how much Amazon is saving us from what the publishers would have charged us if the Agency model was in place" comment, no. I tracked the prices during that time period and there was the same difference. Even with Agency, they didn't charge list price)
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Hmmm...Do you have proof of that? Because I don't believe that's true at ALL. The whole point of Agency pricing was that the sellers weren't ALLOWED to change the price. The price was set by the publisher, and that was the price that was paid by the consumer. If you have proof, I would really truly love to see it.
Shari