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Originally Posted by bgalbrecht
While I find it objectionable that the ebook is priced higher than the cheapest regularly priced (and that may include a standard discount) print book, what really irks me is when a publisher sets the sale price and only puts it on sale at a retailer that for one reason or another I prefer not to buy my ebooks from, especially when the publishers have spent so much time arguing that that particular retailer is EEEEVVVVIIILLL and made them commit crimes in order to counteract the retailer's evilness. If they're so evil, then why do you force people into their walled garden by requiring DRM, and then allow them to sell it for a lower price than everyone else so that people will be rewarded for ditching the retailers you claim to not hate? I am pretty sure it's not just the incompetence of the retailer I normally frequent when I check the 4 major retailers, and it's only on sale at one retailer, and that retailer informs me that the price was set by the publisher.
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If you're referring to Amazon then AIUI the deal they have with the Big 5 is that the publisher gets to set the price but Amazon can put it on sale, but only for a limited amount of time during a 12month period. I'm pretty sure Amazon set the sale price. It doesn't surprise me that they don't change the "Price set by publisher" caption.