Thread: Yet another thumb of the nose from publishers
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Old 10-06-2010, 04:53 PM   #14
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Originally Posted by DMcCunney View Post
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The price differential is minimal - about a dollar - and the customer reaction is grimly amusing.

What's at play is that Amazon's deal with the publishers requires them to charge the stated price for the ebook, but they can discount the hardcover as they like, and chose to discount the hardcover to a price level below the ebook.

We can expect to see conversations between Amazon and the publisher. We can also see future such efforts taking care to not discount the hardcover price below the book price.

But two titles doesn't constitute a trend, and the only thing significant about this is the hysterical response it generated.
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Dennis
Doesn't the Agency Crook (err, Publisher) rules apply to all, not just Amazon? Why are you saying that it's an "Amazon" thing?
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