Very few of the many dozens of Kindle titles on my wishlist have changed price. It's really disappointing and I too hope for an investigative follow up from journalists. Yes, the government was hoping to spin a little positivity their way in the midst of this pandemic, but absolutely the intention was for eBooks to fall in price, and as the biggest seller of eBooks, it is not unreasonable to have expected to see wholesale reductions on Amazon.
It is beyond the pale that publishers can set prices in this way. They cannot set prices for physical products in brick and mortar stores... They can only recommend a suggested selling price. Nintendo fell foul of these rules back in the 90s and since then have never openly even suggested a selling price for their products in Europe.
Last edited by Arrghus; 05-04-2020 at 04:45 AM.
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