Thread: Cost of eBooks vs dead-tree books
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Old 12-27-2020, 05:54 PM   #67
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Originally Posted by JSWolf View Post
Agency eBook pricing came about because of illegal collusion. So it should have been not allowed to continue.
The theory, at least, is that now it's being done without collusion, making it legal. I can't remember which publisher began it again. I think it was MacMillan but I'm not sure. They threatened to remove their books from Amazon if Amazon didn't agree to let them set prices. Amazon first said no but eventually gave in. It was only later that the others began to do it.

If there is a legal way to prevent agency pricing I'd sure be in favor of that. But I'm not sure there is. It does seem anti-competitive to me but I'm no lawyer.

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