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Originally Posted by JSWolf
The agency model is upon us tomorrow. So I think this is going to make eBook sales halt for a bit.
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We shall see, but what has been promised is not just the high prices for hardbacks, but also tracking the reducing price for paperback. So, we could plausibly see a continued increase in ebook sales, but with a focus on the lower-priced ("paperback") offerings.
The interesting thing, I think, will be seeing whether the marker will stand the paperback-hardback price distinction on the basis of timing alone, when the product (the ebook) is identical. My bet is that there is some value in the timing, but also some value in the physical difference, so that the ebook market will need to find a price inbetween.
Time will tell.