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Originally Posted by Alfy
Also, agency pricing is good for retailers that can't compete with Amazon on price.
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It is so "good" for them that Nook went from 27% to maybe 10% under the conspiracy and Amazon likely ratched up its share a few points. It is so good, it killed Booksonboard and a bunch of other small ebookstores.
One more time: if BPH titles cost the same everywhere, then consumers will choose their preferred bookstore on other issues. Like customer service, quality of website, quality of reading software, return policies, and depth of catalog. And it helps to have visibility beyond hobbyists and with the general public.
Generally, vendors that claim not to be able to compete on price are the same ones that don't know how to compete on the other issues either. It's a smokescreen.