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Old 04-21-2011, 07:54 PM   #16
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Congratulations, DJulian. You're the 50,000th poster to complain about prices.

My advice, don't buy the book. That's what I do if I think the price is unreasonable.
Fair enough; I never claimed to be the first. An old irritation can still be an irritation.
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Old 04-22-2011, 03:14 AM   #17
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I think Ayn Rand would be against agency pricing
You mean against the creator of the work setting the price of their work? Why would she be against that?
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Old 04-22-2011, 05:18 AM   #18
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You mean against the creator of the work setting the price of their work? Why would she be against that?
One group (agency) setting the price for everyone, the retailers not having the freedom to set their own price, seems more communist then capitalist to me. Yes, I admit, that is a bit of a stretch. The creator of the work has every right to set whatever price they want but once the retailer pays that price they in turn should have the same right, be it selling it at a markup or at a loss...
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Old 04-22-2011, 11:01 AM   #19
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You mean against the creator of the work setting the price of their work? Why would she be against that?
I suppose one could call the publisher the creator of the work; I'd reserve that term for the author, myself. And the author is not setting the ebook price under the agency model.
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Old 04-22-2011, 11:10 AM   #20
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While I think the Atlas Shrugged price is ridiculous apparently plenty of folks are willing to pay it as it's in the top 100 paid Kindle books (#57) right now.

Back in the day I paid $8.67 for my copy and got a 100% micropay rebate from Fictionwise. Those were the days.
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Old 04-22-2011, 04:03 PM   #21
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Completely agree.....the prices are probably why I do not have a Kindle any more...swapped for Sony and epubs

always better pricing
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Old 04-22-2011, 04:17 PM   #22
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Completely agree.....the prices are probably why I do not have a Kindle any more...swapped for Sony and epubs

always better pricing
huh wut.
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Old 04-22-2011, 04:20 PM   #23
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Completely agree.....the prices are probably why I do not have a Kindle any more...swapped for Sony and epubs

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huh wut.
Yeah, what Otter said.
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Old 04-22-2011, 04:24 PM   #24
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Completely agree.....the prices are probably why I do not have a Kindle any more...swapped for Sony and epubs

always better pricing
Oh yes, much better pricing.

Here are links to the same two books at the much better priced Sony epub store:

Atlas Shrugged.
The Fountainhead

Darned if those prices don't look vaguely familiar.
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Old 04-23-2011, 04:51 AM   #25
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Need to get the environmental groups on board. E-books are eco friendly. No trees cut down.

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Some big companies ganging up to milk the public for what it's worth? That's very capitalist. It is the state that is essential for maintaining the market with anti-trust and fair competition laws.
Perhaps you should just get Ayn Rand's attitude, shrug off what is holding you back and get her book from the darknet. Alan Greenspan was her happy follower and didn't we all get a massive bill to pay for his policies.
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True but also then no need for the plantations of trees that are specifically grown for making paper and replanted as harvested... now how eco-friendly is that?


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