Thread: The $15 Boycott: Will you be participating?
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Old 02-09-2010, 11:50 AM   #351
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Originally Posted by Lemurion View Post
The problem I see is that there are a number of misconceptions going around.

1) Macmillan's plan means all ebooks will instantly jump to $15.
2) The going price for all new hardcovers is also $15.

Neither one is completely accurate.
Indeed. The available evidence indicates that most existing Macmillan e-books will instantly jump to $14, regardless of how many years a $7 mmpb has been available. It seems to be their default backlist e-book price at the moment. Some individual titles may drop below that by accident, of course, and some books that have been available in mmpb for years will go all the way up to new hardcover list, but overall it looks like $14 is the new $6.99.

Myself, I'm hunting down the last few non-Topaz Macmillan e-books on my list. I figure if I pay $7.19 for Emma Bull's Territory right now, John Sargent's telling the truth, and the price drops to $5.99 in a month, I'm only out a buck twenty. But if he's l/y/i/n/g t/h/r/o/u/g/h h/i/s t/e/e/t/h shading the truth and the price shoots up to the $24.95 Macmillan currently has the digital list price at I'm saving almost 17 dollars.
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