Thread: Amazon says 'will have to capitulate and accept Macmillan's terms'
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Old 02-09-2010, 01:36 PM   #398
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Originally Posted by docjim View Post
So why do we now have Macmillan ebooks that are priced HIGHER than the mass market paperbacks that have been out for years in some cases? Look at the Robert Jordan Wheel of Time books. Before the Macmillan meltdown, these were the same price or slightly cheaper than the paperbacks. Now, the Kindle prices on Amazon have been raised to HIGHER than the paperbacks! And these are books that have been in print in paperback for >10 years. It sure seems to me this is nothing but deliberately trying to discourage ebook sales. Why else would things be priced this way? It makes no sense.
I just checked Amazon and while the first isn't in the Kindle store at the moment, the next three are all there and all priced at $7.99 for the Kindle edition. This is despite the ridiculous $15.00 list price that has been put on those books.

I still hold that we should wait until Macmillan's agency pricing comes into effect before complaining about prices resulting from it.
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