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Originally Posted by MGlitch
Yes what could be the harm in letting a company like Amazon set whatever prices they want on ebooks which they’re more than willing to take a loss on for an indefinite period of time while the few other ebook retailers can’t afford to do this.
I can not think of a single issue that would arise from this sort of arrangement.
By the by it’s not that the publisher refuses to allow more retailers in on selling their books. It’s that other retailers have found its impossible to compete with companies and still make a profit off ebook sales.
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Before agency pricing, there used to be a lot more smaller online eBook stores and they were doing pretty well. Some of them had a really good business model that worked very well such as Fictionwise and BooksOnBoard. I remember back before agency how a lot of MR members bought from these two stores (myself included).