Thread: Author Earnings sheds light on ebook Agency redux
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Old 05-13-2015, 08:03 PM   #47
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Originally Posted by Purple Lady View Post
The price was so high because Kobo is still Agency pricing. Amazon has it for $11.99. This is what Agency pricing does - higher prices.

Here's the link for Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Grandfather-Wo.../dp/B00NVVU9DI
And Barnes & Noble is US$13.99 for the eBook. And kobo, without a coupon code, is $19.99.

Agency pricing would mean that every legitimate seller in the same country charged the same. This example thus isn't agency pricing, but competitive pricing of a new release. And competition has, in this particular instance, arguably resulted in higher pricing than for comparable titles (look for other short, well-reviewed, memoirs) from agency publishers.

Does retail price maintenance AKA agency pricing mean long-term higher prices for goods of the same or lower quality? I wonder whether anyone really knows.
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