The publisher settlements and
the abandoning of Agency pricing was purely based in the United States.
Not exact matches
The Government is basically forcing Kobo to
abandon the
agency model
of eBook
pricing.
It did so by abruptly and collectively by
abandoning the long - time industry - norm
of wholesale
pricing and adopting instead what is called the
agency model, in which retailers get a percentage
of any sale rather than being allowed to set the
price of goods themselves.
This settlement will allow retailers to set the
price of ebooks again, meaning the publishers will have to negotiate all new contracts with their retailers and agree to
abandon the «
agency model» that was established under the supposed anti-trust violations.