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koland · 10-01-2010, 01:40 PM

I definitely agree. And they are all (I think) on that list, which means the price drop was instituted by Amazon.

I hate trying to get thru Inkmesh's lists for all the other stores, as the Smashwords (and iUniverse and one other, I think) books all end up there for free as well.

But, I think Amazon had a no-undercutting clause even in the old 35% royalty contract for indie authors.

10-01-2010, 01:40 PM	#4
koland Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,560 Karma: 8033155 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: TN, USA Device: kindle(all), nook, nookcolor, Sony, Kobo, epic, iphone, iPad, pc	I definitely agree. And they are all (I think) on that list, which means the price drop was instituted by Amazon. I hate trying to get thru Inkmesh's lists for all the other stores, as the Smashwords (and iUniverse and one other, I think) books all end up there for free as well. But, I think Amazon had a no-undercutting clause even in the old 35% royalty contract for indie authors.