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'You will not see flat pricing under agency (not if the publisher has half a retail mind). There will be days, weeks or even months when the price will drop, quite considerably in some instances, befo...
Amazon Kindle-edition prices 'set by the publisher'
Several Kindle-edition Australian ebooks listed on Amazon are accompanied by the statement ‘this price was set by the publisher'. The statement, which accompanies Kindle-editions of ...
EU Competition Commission to investigate Apple agency pricing agreements
The European Union (EU) Competition Commission has launched a formal antitrust investigation into agency pricing agreements for ebooks between Apple and five major international publishers. The commis...
Random UK titles on Apple iBooks; moves to agency model
Random House UK is the last of the major publishers to move to the agency model of ebook pricing and to make its titles available on Apple's iBooks store at fixed prices.
Random House opts for agency model on ebooks in US but not in UK
Random House has announced that in the US it will begin to use the 'agency model' of ebook pricing alongside the 'agency five' publishers; but it will hold off in the UK (perhaps due to the OFT invest...
UK Booksellers Association welcomes agency model inquiry
The UK's Booksellers Association has welcomed an inquiry by the Office of Fair Trading into the 'agency model' of ebook pricing, saying it is 'a seminal moment for the book trade'.
UK Office of Fair Trading begins agency model inquiry
The UK's Office of Fair Trading has launched an investigation into the 'agency model' of ebook pricing, following a 'significant' number of complaints.
Follett's Kindle sales 'dropped 48%' following US$2 price increase
In an interesting example of the price-sensitivity of online customers, an Amazon spokesperson at Digital Book World reports that Kindle sales of one of Ken Follett's titles dropped by 48% when the ag...
Smashwords moves to agency model
Ebook self-publishing service provider Smashwords is the latest to move to agency pricing.
Waterstone's questions agency pricing for ebooks
UK retail chain Waterstone's has publicly questioned the 'agency model' of ebook pricing, saying that it isn't good for consumers and that its adoption on the UK market 'hasn't been great for anyone.'
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