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Old 03-05-2012, 04:25 AM   #46
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I have also noticed price fluctuations on my eBooks, but the Amazon agreement states that the money paid the author does not fluctuate although the sales price does. That is what I have seen with my eBooks at least.
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It depends what deal you're on with Amazon. If you're on the 30% (?) royalties deal, the price Amazon pay you is fixed. If, however, you're on the 70% royalties deal, then it's the selling price, not the "list price", that the payment is based on.
That is what I have heard, mainly on this site.

I kind of worry about the people here that are afraid of Walmart. Have they ever been to a Family Dollar, or Dollar General store?

What do they think about the quick stops on the side of the road that have some workers that look and sound foreign?
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Old 03-05-2012, 05:27 AM   #47
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It's utterly vile for the publisher to determine the price, because it should be up to the retailer. When the retailer slashes the price, it's also utterly vile because... the self-publisher ought to control the price.
Retailer is free to change the price, as long as it pays royalties from the list price. This is not what is happening here.
If the author got his 70% of the 2.99 list price, I am pretty sure there would be no complaints.
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Amazon's price changing system is totally automated. If it reduced the price, it's because their search system really did (or thought it did) find it cheaper elsewhere. There's no human intervention in the system at all.
According to the article, the price WAS $0.99, at some point in the past. The author changed it to higher price, but some vendors are slow to update the price, and also Amazon bot took into account price from few weeks before.
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[Walmart]...and it's a really scary place to go. At least the one near me is.
Well, some time ago somebody here pointed me to
http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/photos and I couldn't believe my eyes ;-)
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