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Originally Posted by pwalker8
Not all ebooks are sold under the agency model. There are price tiers in the non agency model market as well, which is to be expected, so at least in the ebook only market, we see a couple of different business models that lead to different price points. Authors who produce 2 or 3 books a year tend to go with the higher price model while authors who produce new books every month or two tend to go for the lower price points. Note, I am talking about authors who have enough of a track record to be recognizable and have enough popularity to make money at it. Based on the books that I've been buying, the less prolific authors tend to be getting pretty close to the agency book prices, if we are talking about books that are out in paper rather than hardback.
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What about books from the big 5 only? The ones who work under agency pricing in the US? They are the ones who are pricing eBooks that hight that a lot of us turn to the library. I used to buy a lot more eBooks before agency.
An example of stupidity is S&S. They publish Star Trek books. They were published mostly in MMPB format and eBook. The eBook has not changed, but since the new contract was ratified, S&S are now releasing the pBook in Trade PB format. So the eBook price has risen. The price of the eBook has gone from $7.99 to $11.99. The price of the eBook should not always be based on the price of the current pBook. The eBook should be priced fairly or at least allow the stores to discount like to do with the pBook.