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Originally Posted by Kali Yuga
Don't you have better things to do with your time, like... flossing?  |
I was going to claim that I multi-task, but it is hard to type and floss at the same time. I've never actually tried to tag anything at Amazon. I'm certainly not going to go looking for MacMillan books just to tag them, nor will I tag something if it takes an additional minute or two. I don't know, if an ebook is tagged overpriced by a couple hundred people, does it convince casual buyers to buy some other book? Probably not when the buyer is looking specifically for this author or book.
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Originally Posted by Kali Yuga
Sure, if "success" means "throwing your profit margins under a bus."
Had they continued with this model, eventually the retailers would have forced the publishers to drop their wholesale prices, eroded the value of their products, and shifted even more power to the retailers.
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I don't think Amazon was discounting all ebooks to $9.99, just the best sellers for which they are discounting the hardcovers. But they are arguing that ebooks ought to be priced as budget books, when budget editions have been released, and I think this latest blog post says that MacMillan doesn't agree. Sargent clearly refuses that proposition, and is only willing to make the concession that a budget ebook price is no more than $10, and maybe less.