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No, Kobo entered the market (as Shortcovers) under the wholesale structure so I don't know why they would exit over a return to it. There was indication in the evidence prevented in the US antitrust case that the publishers were colluding with Kobo to bring agency into Canada. Kobo's complaint to the Competition Bureau is a farce and should have been dismissed by now. It amounts to, "we will be harmed if you don't allow our partners in crime to continue breaking the law". |
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08-18-2014, 08:47 AM | #528 |
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"German Authors Join Protest Over Amazon’s Tactics in E-Book Dispute "
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Barcey, that makes sense ... I know it doesn't ..... But in the corporate world it makes sense, thanks for the info.
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American authors can learn a thing or two from their german coworkers. |
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If the authors and publishers think stuff like that adds value for their books then maybe it is something they should be willing to pay to get? |
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Yeah, you can pay for it. Just like publishers pay bookstores to have certain of their books prominantly displayed on tables and racks in the front of the stores. You can pay to have certain books bumped up in the recommendation lists. It's said that Barnes and Noble lowers indie books in their algorithms so they are recommended less often.
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Amazon’s awful war of words: How an iron-fisted PR strategy went off the rails
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What the press doesn't understand is that if Amazon gives in to Hatchette, then Hatchette will be going back to agency prices and that means higher prices for those that buy Hatchette eBooks. The only thing stopping agency for now is Amazon and would most people want agency prices back? I would think not.
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That Amazon and Hachette are still negotiating only means one thing for certain: the contract will be different than was enforced in 2010, even if it is under agency again. And quite frankly the consumer is only a secondary concern. People will buy at whichever price if people wants it bad enough. For example: Another prediction of mine: Amazon will still keep the biggest market share on ebooks, no matter how the negotiations end. Last time around the biggest losers were the small indie bookstores and the consumers, with Apple being the one that came out as biggest winner. This time the publishers are walking on legally thin ice. |
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Keep eBook prices reasonable and more people will buy. Keep eBook prices high and more people will look to the net for them.
That's not an opinion. That's a fact. |
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