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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Both BooksOnBoard and Fictionwise went out of business after agency. Sure, some went out before then. One of those that went out of business sold only Mobipocket format eBook and another sold only eReader format eBooks.
Yes Fictionwise was bought by B&N. But B&N did not close them down right away. Fictionwise closed because there were losing money because of agency.
If you think most eBook stores went out of business before agency, please tell us which ones went out of business before agency that sold ePub. Other fornats such as Mobo, eReader, and Lit were dead.
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Fictionwise was bought out well before agency, and was thus clearly not doing well, you assert they folded because of agency but only cite that they were shut down after agency pricing had been established, and was being contested.
Hardly damning evidence of agency putting the smaller sellers out of business, since though FictionWise may have been a smaller seller before the buyout they were part of a larger seller before and during agency pricing.
As to BooksOnBoard, I'd be willing to bet not paying publishers would lead to those publishers being rather displeased with you. Again hardly the smoking gun for agency being the nail in BoB.
Of course this ignores that the initial statement was smaller sellers had mostly gone under
or been bought out before agency pricing. A point you gloss over as you move the goalposts.