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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
Same place you are right now. At the mercy of a retailer you can't possibly survive without.
Amazon will eventually have everything they want from BPHs. Their delaying tactics are only delaying tactics. Instead of innovating, they've decided to bank on the idea that they only need to drag their feet until Amazon messes up or goes away. I understand the "We've got to do something" mindset. I just don't think ebook agency IS that something. Now Amazon is simply heavily discounting their print books. You know ... those things that ebook agency pricing was supposed to be protecting the value of in the first place? 
Once consumers get used to the idea that print books (BPHs self-proclaimed "bread & butter") should be dirt cheap--maybe cheaper than ebooks--what then? |
At some point, one of the publishers will break ranks.
Probably due to their corporate overlords appointing a non-publishing CEO (probably a finance guy) to head it when the profits go down due to agency.
Once the maverick shows a profit due to pricing, without a blockbuster, all the other publisher's corporate overlords will notice, and we will be back to non-Agency.