Agency pricing strikes again

The Terminator · 09-10-2011, 03:00 PM

I was just browsing the Kobo store when I notice the Millennium series by Stieg Larsson. A few months ago the price for "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" was $4.99 now its almost $12.00! Same with the rest of the series each one has gained at leas $5.

JD Gumby · 09-10-2011, 04:15 PM

It's the result of the agency pricing model - Kobo no longer gets to set the price on most of the ebooks they carry.

SensualPoet · 09-10-2011, 07:29 PM

Blame Penguin. Repeat after me: blame Penguin, blame Penguin, blame Penguin.

In Canada, the mass market paperback edition of the Steig Larsson books are $13.50.

It gets worse, btw. Penguin has pulled the titles completely from Amazon for Canadian Kindle sales. The only ebook you can buy right now is the Kobo one.

Blame Penguin.

Which makes the title of this thread terribly misleading.

molman · 09-10-2011, 10:00 PM

@SensualPoet: As much as that may be the case, the general public/user wont know that so the title of this post to their mind is exactly how they will view things.

JSWolf · 09-10-2011, 10:40 PM

If you live in Canada, you are better off with a reader that does ePub via ADE then a Kindle given that there are a lot of eBooks not available via Amazon.

Am I getting the gist of things correct?

And even if people don't know it's Penguin at fault, it still is Penguin at fault.

jgaiser · 09-10-2011, 10:43 PM

Jon.. Could you *just try* to not bash Kindle every chance you get? This has nothing to do with Kindle and a lot to do with publishers.

The Terminator · 09-10-2011, 11:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SensualPoet

Which makes the title of this thread terribly misleading.

Point taken, I didn't really know how bad the Agency pricing was until I did a bit of Googling. As you can see I changed the title of the thread to reflect more on what it is. I thought this article I found it was pretty interesting

The Terminator · 09-10-2011, 11:11 PM

It seems I can't change the title.

RainingLemur · 09-10-2011, 11:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SensualPoet

Blame Penguin. Repeat after me: blame Penguin, blame Penguin, blame Penguin.

I'm wondering who is to blame for the pricing... Can't put my finger on it...

dreams · 09-11-2011, 01:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Terminator

Point taken, I didn't really know how bad the Agency pricing was until I did a bit of Googling. As you can see I changed the title of the thread to reflect more on what it is. I thought this article I found it was pretty interesting

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Terminator

It seems I can't change the title.

I edited the title to match what you changed it to in your first post.

phenomshel · 09-11-2011, 01:35 AM

Again??? I thought they were done with this nonsense as of back last April when Agency pricing took effect in the U.S. Are they trying to force Canada into it now too? (Kobo's servers are in Canada, which is why I can't buy from them).

Fbone · 09-11-2011, 01:57 AM

Random House is the only large publisher not using agency pricing in Canada, I believe.

JeremyR · 09-11-2011, 02:00 AM

It's funny, in the last six months or so, I've started buying more physical books than e-books.

Especially since Amazon makes it so easy, showing you both the new physical book price from them as well as other sellers.

Latest example, a book on UFOs. Kindle edition, $16.99. Physical copy. $3.99. Okay, I had to pay for shipping, but still cheaper by about 60%

Joseph R · 09-11-2011, 02:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JeremyR

Latest example, a book on UFOs. Kindle edition, $16.99. Physical copy. $3.99. Okay, I had to pay for shipping, but still cheaper by about 60%

That is because when you download the Kindle edition, it goes through a proxy in Area 51, so that the system administrator can check who bought a copy. Hey, he needs to make a living too!

OtterBooks · 09-11-2011, 02:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joseph R

That is because when you download the Kindle edition, it goes through a proxy in Area 51, so that the system administrator can check who bought a copy. Hey, he needs to make a living too!

I am that administrator. Honestly most of the work is outsourced to Uranus.

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The Terminator Retired Posts: 2,552 Karma: 37638420 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Vancouver Island Canada Device: Kobo Touch, Optimus One (2.3), Nexus 7 (4.2)	Agency pricing strikes again I was just browsing the Kobo store when I notice the Millennium series by Stieg Larsson. A few months ago the price for "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" was $4.99 now its almost $12.00! Same with the rest of the series each one has gained at leas $5. Last edited by The Terminator; 09-10-2011 at 11:10 PM.

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SensualPoet Wizard Posts: 2,302 Karma: 2607151 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Toronto Device: Kobo Aura HD, Kindle Paperwhite, Asus ZenPad 3, Kobo Glo	Blame Penguin. Repeat after me: blame Penguin, blame Penguin, blame Penguin. In Canada, the mass market paperback edition of the Steig Larsson books are $13.50. It gets worse, btw. Penguin has pulled the titles completely from Amazon for Canadian Kindle sales. The only ebook you can buy right now is the Kobo one. Blame Penguin. Which makes the title of this thread terribly misleading.

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molman Evangelist Posts: 436 Karma: 538958 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: none	@SensualPoet: As much as that may be the case, the general public/user wont know that so the title of this post to their mind is exactly how they will view things.

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JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 78,808 Karma: 143095220 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	If you live in Canada, you are better off with a reader that does ePub via ADE then a Kindle given that there are a lot of eBooks not available via Amazon. Am I getting the gist of things correct? And even if people don't know it's Penguin at fault, it still is Penguin at fault.

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jgaiser Omnivorous Posts: 3,283 Karma: 27978909 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Rural NW Oregon Device: Kindle Voyage, Kindle Fire HD, Kindle 3, KPW1	Jon.. Could you just try to not bash Kindle every chance you get? This has nothing to do with Kindle and a lot to do with publishers.

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The Terminator Retired Posts: 2,552 Karma: 37638420 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Vancouver Island Canada Device: Kobo Touch, Optimus One (2.3), Nexus 7 (4.2)	It seems I can't change the title.

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phenomshel ZCD BombShel Posts: 4,793 Karma: 8293322 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: The Frozen North (aka Illinois, USA) Device: iPad, STB Kindle Oasis	Again??? I thought they were done with this nonsense as of back last April when Agency pricing took effect in the U.S. Are they trying to force Canada into it now too? (Kobo's servers are in Canada, which is why I can't buy from them).

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Fbone Is that a sandwich? Posts: 8,276 Karma: 101696762 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: Nook Glowlight Plus	Random House is the only large publisher not using agency pricing in Canada, I believe.

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JeremyR Guru Posts: 973 Karma: 2458402 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: St. Louis Device: Kindle Keyboard, Nook HD+	It's funny, in the last six months or so, I've started buying more physical books than e-books. Especially since Amazon makes it so easy, showing you both the new physical book price from them as well as other sellers. Latest example, a book on UFOs. Kindle edition, $16.99. Physical copy. $3.99. Okay, I had to pay for shipping, but still cheaper by about 60%

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