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cancelx · 04-01-2010, 08:04 PM

Can you believe this?

One of the attractions, and rightly so, to ebooks was the expected LOWER prices (no material publishing cost, so the reader saves.)

But of course, greed enters the picture. And now the prices are not only increasing, but Publishers are now getting their way with this "Agency Model pricing."

Basically meaning resellers can't set a price. It was that a reseller could decide to be fair instead of greedy and pass it along to the reader... not any more.

Seriously diminishes the Ebook to me.

In Canada it's already been unfair in print, that is, a book published in the US for $5.99 or $7.99 is $10.99 in Canada (even with near par dollar values).

Ebook helped minimize that unfair policy.

Now, seems they figured out how to stink up this business.

Unbelievable.

04-01-2010, 08:04 PM	#1
cancelx Nervous Groupie Posts: 154 Karma: 22 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Nova Scotia Device: Pocket Pro	Agency Model pricing -- Anyone else Disgusted? Can you believe this? One of the attractions, and rightly so, to ebooks was the expected LOWER prices (no material publishing cost, so the reader saves.) But of course, greed enters the picture. And now the prices are not only increasing, but Publishers are now getting their way with this "Agency Model pricing." Basically meaning resellers can't set a price. It was that a reseller could decide to be fair instead of greedy and pass it along to the reader... not any more. Seriously diminishes the Ebook to me. In Canada it's already been unfair in print, that is, a book published in the US for $5.99 or $7.99 is $10.99 in Canada (even with near par dollar values). Ebook helped minimize that unfair policy. Now, seems they figured out how to stink up this business. Unbelievable.