Agency pricing refers to a business model where publishers or manufacturers set the price of their products, and retailers act as agents who sell those products at the set price without the ability to discount or change it. Full definition
Also, the the new agency pricing model means that consumers often only see a small savings between the e price and the print price. (jwikert.typepad.com)
This all changed with the advent of agency pricing where publishers determined the price of the ebooks, instead of retailers. (goodereader.com)
I still think agency pricing for the major publishers is a bad deal for just about everyone involved, and that is what the antitrust case is about. (gigaom.com)