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Originally Posted by lilac_jive
What irritates me is they're likely going to charge $14.99 for a mass market paperback. They've done this before. That is inexcusable.
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Well, it's not 100% clear if this is going to happen, but from the
Macmillan CEO's comments on Publishers' Lunch:
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Under the agency model, we will sell the digital editions of our books to consumers through our retailers. Our retailers will act as our agents and will take a 30% commission (the standard split today for many digital media businesses). The price will be set the price for each book individually. Our plan is to price the digital edition of most adult trade books in a price range from $14.99 to $5.99. At first release, concurrent with a hardcover, most titles will be priced between $14.99 and $12.99. E books will almost always appear day on date with the physical edition. Pricing will be dynamic over time.
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Bolding mine; I don't think it is too much to infer from that MMPB originals will start out at a lesser price. I agree that to do otherwise is not a good idea.