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Originally Posted by jasonkchapman
Does anyone here know, for a fact, how this particular market segment works? Take, for example, James Patterson's "You've Been Warned". MobiPocket lists it for $19.99. Booksonboard lists it for $15.89. Both are in MobiPocket format.
Here's the key question: Did they both negotiate independent, non-exclusive contracts with Little, Brown or is Booksonboard paying MobiPocket to sell titles which MobiPocket has signed distribution agreements for? If it's the first, then MP may just have higher operating costs. If it's the second, then it really is a case of MobiPocket-the-store trying not to compete with MobiPocket-the-distributor's customers.
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You've been Warned for $13.39 in MobiPocket format. Prices are just nuts given how they range all over the place.