Well, I'm surprised. I'd be curious to know why Amazon reversed course so quickly, but I doubt the public will ever get a straight answer.
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Originally Posted by Lemurion
Macmillan has the right to say "this is how we want to sell e-books through your site," and give Amazon the options they did....
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True, but it's not clear that Macmillan has the right to require all vendors to sell a product at a specific price. Retailers set prices, not vendors.
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I don't care so much whether new release hardcovers are $15 or $10 in e-book; both prices are more than I would normally pay. What I want to see are books that are currently available in mass market paperback priced no higher than mass market paperbacks....
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You're less likely to get that with the current pricing scheme, just so you know....
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When the labels were pushing for $2+ per song prices a year and a bit ago, Jobs pointed out that piracy will skyrocket again, if prices go up that much. I'd imagine we'll see a lot of Macmillan titles floating around. For free.
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I don't. IMO the overwhelming majority of piracy is people looking for Free Stuff. For example, there isn't much evidence that affordable DRM-free music downloads have put a dent in music piracy. Even
$0.99 iPhone apps may be getting pirated at high rates.
The idea that people adopt piracy to "punish" high prices or corporate misbehavior is, IMO, more myth than reality.
That said, if the $15 price point really is too high, I do expect the people who actually buy ebooks to make their point somewhat clear, as they have in the past.