Quote:
Originally Posted by bgalbrecht
I see a lot of books that are on sale at Amazon, price set by the publisher, that seem to be on sale nowhere else. Last December, Open Road Media set the price of several thousands of their books to free at Amazon, and nowhere else. I don't know why these publishers are willing to go so far as illegal price fixing "to stop Amazon" and then do deals that only drive more customers to Amazon. I probably never would have become a Kobo Glo HD owner and ebook customer if it weren't for the price matching policy.
On the other hand, I sometimes wonder how profitable I am for them given the nearly 100 price matches I've done. Some of them have taken advantage of the window between Kobo ending the promotional price at midnight on the east coast and Amazon ending it 4 hours later at midnight on the west coast, too. I sort of feel bad about that, but I sometimes don't get around to noticing the deals until close to midnight my time.
|
You should not feel bad about it. Amazon is still a business making a profit, so it is unlikely that Kobo is actually losing money from matching them. It it is, then it needs to look closely at its costs including its overheads and the prices it is paying for the books concerned, or, for agency titles, the "commission" it is receiving on the sales.