Yes, precisely. That is the point I have been trying (apparently unsuccessfully) to make: It is entirely reasonable in every way, shape, and form for Amazon to price-match, assuming no contract terms require them sticking with the highest price in town!
And if the book is sold under the agency model, the author is absorbing the cost
in all stores, so why should Amazon be any different? And if the book is sold under Agency, the retailers are absorbing the cost,
in all stores again, so why should Amazon be any different?
And AFAIK, Amazon is absorbing the cost
whenever other retailers are. Do you have any evidence that Amazon is, and I quote:
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Originally Posted by eschwartz
If anyone has some sort of evidence or any reason whatsoever to think Amazon makes suppliers eat the cost of Amazon price-matching a cost that Kobo/Google/B&N eats, please lay your facts on the table.
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Wildly listing every time Amazon passes a cost to the rights-holder is not an actual answer. It merely means, as far as I am concerned, that you are referring to case #1 (agency model), which means that the only fair thing is for the author to absorb the cost.