Thread: Kindlers Boycott $10+ ebooks
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Old 04-06-2009, 02:33 PM   #70
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Originally Posted by Alisa View Post
Unless the publishers are charging Amazon less for their ebooks than they charge other ebook retailers, then the list price of the new release and best seller ebooks often exceeds Amazon's $9.99. The publisher is not the one losing money. Amazon loses money if they choose to sell the ebook for less than they paid for it. Other ebook retailers have lowered their prices considerably to compete, but they're smaller concerns which can't absorb these kind of short term losses in hopes of the long term gain.
I realize that if the publishers are charging Amazon more for an ebook than Amazon is selling the ebook that Amazon is taking a loss. I just don't know that we can assume that this is the case.
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