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Originally Posted by Pardoz
This assumes that according to Macmillan those prices should have been lowered
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Originally Posted by Lemurion
I just want to address this point. Given that Macmillan has only discussed and or announced the new model, and not implemented it; I think it is incorrect to say that they "should have lowered" the price already, but rather that they should lower the price once the new model is in.
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Re-read the bit I bolded for emphasis. I didn't say Macmillan "should have lowered" the price already. I said that prices will only drop
if Macmillan decide they should.
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I've seen other comments on this Kushiel book, and for whatever reason it is still supposed to be hellishly overpriced in ebook. Nobody seems to understand why, but it is.
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It's a single example (there are lots more). I chose to bring it up because it's the one hellishly over-priced e-book for which we
do understand why the price is so absurd: because, according to Macmillan employees, Macmillan Digital has set $14 as the "correct" price for the book, even though it's been available as a mmpb for years. From this it seems not unreasonable to assume that the $14 list price on all those
other books that have been out in mmpb for years isn't a mistake either.
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I think it's horrendously stupid; but I don't think it can be blamed on the agency model.
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Quite. It can, however, be blamed on horrendous stupidity on the part of whoever at Macmillan decided that was a reasonable price.