Thread: Macmillan CEO John Sargent on the agency model, availability and price
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Old 03-04-2010, 02:29 PM   #61
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Originally Posted by jxh11215 View Post
If any attorneys are lurking, what is the possibility of a class-action lawsuit? DTBs don't seem to fall under this agency model, the bookstores, whether b&m or online buy them, then sell at sometimes drastically discounted pricing, but this agency model means that ebook consumers are forced to deal with a fixed price.
Anything.
Many companies sell stuff under the agency model with retailers. For example, Apple and Nintendo... so matter where you buy there stuff you pay the same price. This is because they don't wholesale to the retailer, the retailer acts as an agent and gets a commission on the sale.

Considering this has been going on for many years with two high profile manufacturers (I'm sure there are more that do it) I'm pretty sure there is nothing illegal about it.

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