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Ben Thornton · 08-18-2010, 07:58 AM

This article is interesting. It says a number of things:
1. It calls the agency model "Apple's" rather than the publishers'
2. It includes a claim by Hachette that the Agency model is legal in the EU
3. It confirms Amazon's stance that it is not using this model in the UK and is seeking to be the cheapest

Presumably, Amazon's strategy is to use this to put pressure on the pricing within the agency model (and perhaps the model itself)?

08-18-2010, 07:58 AM	#1
Ben Thornton Guru Posts: 900 Karma: 779635 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: UK Device: Kindle 3, iPad 2 (but not for e-books)	Agency model, Apple and Amazon in the UK This article is interesting. It says a number of things: 1. It calls the agency model "Apple's" rather than the publishers' 2. It includes a claim by Hachette that the Agency model is legal in the EU 3. It confirms Amazon's stance that it is not using this model in the UK and is seeking to be the cheapest Presumably, Amazon's strategy is to use this to put pressure on the pricing within the agency model (and perhaps the model itself)?