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Originally Posted by crazed792
I don't like the idea of saying that you can't change above $9.99 for a best seller, but agree with some points. In my opinion MSRP should be at or below print books, and the publisher should be able to charge whatever the "market" dictates to the reseller (charging each reseller the same price, as volume doesn't or shouldn't matter with an electronic commodity*), but they shouldn't be able to control the resellers price to the consumer. So if the reseller wants to take a loss, let it.
I do think that setting up a group of 5 or however many publishers to price fix shouldn't be lawful. By allowing that, it makes it possible for the "market" to really be a "market" which is dictating price via any kind of competition.
* making allowances for variance in if the publisher has to pay any kind of fees due to DRM/format, but I'd assume not.
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I use to work in the books section of a store that sold books, music and movies. Bestseller books when they first came out were always on sale so I figured they could use the same model for e-books maybe flexing on the price a little though. I'm not worried by this though sooner or later e-books will become the norm they have to. It's like how the music industry tried to shut down MP3's and ended up losing in the end.
It's going to be the same with e-books so many things have gone digital it was only matter of time before books followed suit though I didn't think it'd be this soon. With the ipad and all the android readers coming out this year publishers better take note. If the android devices catch on like the ipad e-books may become even more popular among the tech savvy crowd and regular people. If that's the case publishers are in for a rude awakening.