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Originally Posted by pwalker8
I went back and compared what I spent per book under agency at Amazon with what I spend per book prior to agency and found that it was slightly less. People tend to forget that Amazon didn't price _all_ ebooks at $9.99, just some best seller type books. Whither an individual spent more or less really just depends on what mix of books they bought.
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The loyalty programs at Fictionwise, Book on Board, Diesel, tended to give rebates that could be used on any book, so it was often possible to buy one book on sale, and get rebates that were used on other books. One example of this at Fictionwise was that I bought several Stephen King novels at hardcover prices (like $35 and $50), where I got a 100% rebate, and then I used the rebate on other books that were on sale. So Fictionwise got $85, and I got the King novels and another 5-6 books. It makes price comparison a little bit apples to oranges, so you really had to look at the cost of all of the books before and after agency pricing. Because I really exploited the Fictionwise loyalty program, agency pricing really was over twice as expensive for the same books.
I never bought from Amazon until after agency pricing went into effect and discovered that sometimes Amazon would have a sale price on an agency priced book that the epub retailers did not have. I always wondered if those Amazon only sale prices were the fault of the publishers or the retailers.