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Old 12-02-2014, 09:56 PM   #3
bgalbrecht
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Originally Posted by pwalker8 View Post
It is pointed out in the article, that while ebook prices on certain best sellers went up, ebook prices overall did indeed go down.

"Notwithstanding the price rise in key categories of books, prices fell overall, its expert testified."
That wasn't my experience. Back when the DOJ was asking for comments, I went back over all of my ebook purchases (almost entirely from Fictionwise), I found that had I purchased all of the ebooks I had purchased before 4/1/2010 in 2011 or 2012, I would have paid about three times as much. Admittedly, many of my purchases were during sales or with discounts from loyalty programs that were no longer allowed by agency pricing.

On the other hand, some of the publishers finally started selling ebook editions of nearly all of their books in print. I think Macmillan may have been the most egregious hold-out. Their SF/F imprint Tor basically didn't sell ebooks until after agency pricing went into effect.
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