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It has been my experience that several publishers are already doing this with an eye to bypassing the bookstores. Personally I like to bypass the book store as they are simply a middleman in the process and therefore not really relevant.
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I wouldn't be opposed to seeing the publishers selling the eBooks directly. Maybe see some better prices.
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Isn't the idea of the agency model that publishers are selling ebooks directly. They are just paying Amazon or whoever to operate the storefront for them.
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$1/book is ludicrous? I think it sounds pretty reasonable so long as there's nothing stupid like a time limit.
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Yes, isn't the agency model exactly as you state. It really surprises me that I don't see a lot of questioning both in this forum and beyond about the so called 'big six' publishers now being in the direct sales business of e-books, but it is business-as-usual with the rest of their product line.
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Doesn't the agency model also limit the competition for the electronic book market and raise consumer costs for electronic books?
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Back in the 18th century many books were issued by subscription. I think the publisher advertised them first and they got printed and bound when enough people had signed up to subscribe.
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BINGO! That is exactly what I'm thinking. In fact, if you look around on the websites of Amazon, Borders, and B&N you will see this phenomenon in practice: backlist titles selling for more than their trade paperback price and frequently twice the price of the title's mass-market paperback offering.
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If Simon & Shuster are any example, Amazon could be in trouble. S&S only sell directly in ePub and if other publishers pull out of the shops and go directly with ePub...
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