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Originally Posted by bgalbrecht
I never bought any books from Amazon before agency pricing took place, but I was often buying new ebooks from Fictionwise at list price with 100% store rebate that effectively brought my price down to paperback prices or less. All that went away after 4/1/10, and I calculated that buying the same items a year or later would have cost me 3-4 times as much as I paid when I could take advantage of the sales.
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Oh, you'll get no argument from me that agency caused prices to go up across the board. Preaching to the choir. I'm only commenting on the misconception that there was a $9.99 "price point" for ALL newly released ebooks before agency. Pure myth.