Thread: The $15 Boycott: Will you be participating?
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Old 02-09-2010, 06:36 AM   #337
Pardoz
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Originally Posted by llreader View Post
Could you link to the reports you have been reading?
Wall Street Journal do? "Apple's business model for books, which the company has kept under tight wraps, shifts the focus away from the bargain-basement prices Amazon has made popular, according to publishers that have met directly with the company. Apple is asking publishers to set two e-book price points for hardcover best sellers: $12.99 and $14.99, with fewer titles offered at $9.99. In setting their own e-book prices, publishers would avoid the threat of heavy discounting. Apple would take a 30% cut of the book price, with publishers receiving the remaining 70%." (Bolded for emphasis).

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I have never seen the blame laid at Apple's feet, not even in the iPad threads in this forum.
I recall it being mentioned, but it quickly got drowned out in the cries of "Green! Purple! Green! Purple!".

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I don't find the your rationale overly convincing, for the following reasons:
*shrug* Suit yourself. If you've an alternate theory for why Apple decided to push for higher book prices, I'm perfectly happy to listen.
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