My primary fear about the agency model was that the promise that we would see lower prices was false. I hoped I would be wrong, but it's (not all that surprisingly) looking like my fear was well founded. The publishers are probably quiet happy that we'll buy the paperback because it's cheaper, as it props their business model up and keeps the status quo, which seems to be what they really want. Maybe I'm paranoid, but that's how it looks to me.
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