Sentences with phrase «agency model pricing»

Well, today I see a pair of articles analyzing the dip in Q2 e-book sales and attributing it to: post-Xmas buying and agency model pricing, and that indie author retailers like Smashwords weren't being included in the data.

Sorry, but for the major publishers — you know, those publishers who are being sued by the Department of Justice for price fixing and others who have followed in their footsteps and have implemented agency model pricing — they don't want to sell the e-book.

So the lay of the land has shifted dramatically post the DOJ bringing the suit against the Big 6 over their Agency model pricing.

It's great to see someone contest the Agency Model pricing on legal grounds.

We don't think the LaLa - land location is any accident, so we're expecting that the event will include some real Hollywood star power, perhaps in support of original video content that might be free to Amazon Prime customers for viewing on the Kindle Fire and other devices — say, an original docudrama series based loosely on the agency model pricing conspiracy, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tommy Lee Jones, Meryl Streep, and John Lithgow?

It is important to remember that the basis of the DoJ's suit isn't that agency model pricing is wrong.

A lot of the sentiment behind the investigation and resulting lawsuit was that Apple conspired with five of the Big Six publishers to edge out Amazon by forcing the adoption of agency model pricing.

Almost immediately after Apple launched its iBookstore in April 2010 and the Publisher Defendants imposed agency model pricing on all retailers, the Publisher Defendants» e-book prices for most newly released and bestselling e-books rose to either $ 12.99 or $ 14.99.

Sorry, but for the major publishers — you know, those publishers who are being sued by the Department of Justice for price fixing and for others who have followed in their footsteps and have implemented agency model pricing — they don't want to sell the e-book.

Once again, it's worth a look at the composition of the Kindle Store bestseller lists: 18 of the top 50 bestselling titles in the Kindle Store are by indie authors, compared with zero just nine months ago when publishers were launching their ill - fated agency model price - fixing scheme.

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Knowing that e-books would be a big selling feature of the tablet, Apple arranged an «agency model» with several book publishers that would allow them to set their own prices.

In both situations, Apple had convinced major book publishers to go with an «agency model,» which would let them set their own prices on ebooks (as in raise prices on ebooks).

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The most recent attempt started in 2010 when five major U.S. publishers — MacMillan, Hachette, Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, and Penguin — entered into a so - called agency pricing model with Apple, then allegedly used the Apple deal as leverage to force other retailers into adopting the same pricing model.

Before the agency model, Amazon was buying new ebook releases at the wholesale price of the hardcovers, then turning around and selling them for retail at dollars less.

Amazon refuses to adopt the agency model, instead wanting to sell ebooks at a fixed maximum price.

Hachette sells all its U.S. e-books under the agency pricing model, and according to Thomas, is «very satisfied» with the agency model, but Thomas adds, «We welcome the ability to experiment with pricing, and offer readers a variety of choices.»

The publishers / Apple made out like there were all kinds of business reasons for the Agency Model, and with very few exceptions no one seemed to hone in on the fact that at least one person was specifically quoted as saying that the reason for it was that they didn't want readers to get used to the 9.99 price point.

Amazon (and others) eventually went along with the agency pricing model at the insistence of publishers.

We set ebook pricing techniques in the metadata, so you just have to give the average list price for your book as you were in an agency model and we will do the magic for you.

Apple introduced a new model — called the «agency» model — where the publisher sets the price of the e-book and the retailer sells it for that price, taking a 30 percent fee.

In fact, force Amazon to let their vendors dictate the prices they should sell books for, a la «the agency model.»

Apple and publishers may argue that the agency model leveled the playing field for booksellers, forcing them to compete on hardware and software features instead of pricing.

Amazon fixes Kindle ebook prices to compete with Apple and welcome more consumers, and they refuse to operate according to an agency model.

The Justice department ended up forcing Apple and the big five publishers to abandon the agency pricing model.

While HarperCollins, like several other publishers before it, has been gunning for an agency pricing model in... [Read more...]

While HarperCollins, like several other publishers before it, has been gunning for an agency pricing model in which the publisher sets the price of its books and basically forbids discounting on the part of the retailer, Amazon has long dug its heels in and refused to budge with the publishers in terms of its demand for a wholesale model.

These terms were initially laid out as part of the settlement but are set to expire this fall, giving Hachette the option to once again attempt to impose agency pricing instead of the wholesale model that most entities operate under with Amazon.

That statement was that Apple could not engage in book discounting under the agency model for at least two years, and then it could only negotiate terms of the so - called «agency model» (in which the publishers set the prices of their books, not the retailer) with one publisher at a time spread out over a period of six months each.

Before the arrival of the «agency pricing» model that Apple negotiated with ebook publishers — which allowed the publishers to decide what price Apple would charge for their books on the iPad — Amazon had deals that paid a specific wholesale price to publishers for a certain number of copies, and then it was able to charge whatever it wanted for the books in the Kindle store.

If Amazon had wanted to go head - to - head with Apple a few years ago — a giant who enjoyed monopoly control over both the online music business and the market for related hardware like the iPod — it might have offered record labels the opportunity to cut a deal that would have guaranteed them higher prices, just as Apple has done with publishers and the agency - pricing model.

Apple, Penguin and Macmillan want to protect the so - called agency model that lets publishers — not vendors — set e-book prices, said the people on April 5, who declined to be identified because they weren't authorized to speak publicly.

Upholding the agency model would give publishers more control over pricing and limit discounting, helping the industry avoid sales losses as more consumers buy books online.

This new model would change the way that books were priced as well as shifting to an «agency» basis whereby Amazon instead of receiving a discount and selling the book at a price of their choosing, would sell books at a price set by the Publisher and receive a commission of 30 % on that price.

Hachette Book Group USA, where authors include Stephenie Meyer and Malcolm Gladwell, announced Thursday its support for the agency model, which gives publishers more control over pricing.

This agency model overtook Amazon's practice of buying books at a discount from publishers and then setting its own price for e-reader devices.

Under Macmillan's model, known as the «agency model,» e-books will be priced from $ 12.99 to $ 14.99 when first released, with prices changing over time.

It's just part of that agency - pricing model that so many publishers have adopted.

Hagens Berman, a consumer rights class - action law firm, today announced it has filed a nationwide class - action lawsuit claiming that Apple Inc. is guilty of illegal price fixing related to the Agency Model for pricing e-books.

«Apple decided to offer the Publisher Defendants the opportunity to move from a wholesale model — where a publisher receives its designated wholesale price for each e-book and the retailer sets the retail price — to an agency model, where a publisher sets the retail price and the retailer sells the e-book as its agent.»

HarperCollins argued that since it adopted the agency model in 2010, «the e-book market exploded, giving consumers more choices of devices, formats and prices that would never have existed but for the agency model.»

The class action seeks damages «for the purchase of e-books, an injunction against pricing e-books with the agency model and forfeiture of the illegal profits received by the defendants as a result of their anti-competitive conduct which could total tens of millions of dollars.»

Ebook pricing, whose prices are better, and how the agency pricing model has affected who sells what titles

In April of 2010, the so - called «agency model» of ebook pricing came into effect and caused a furor in the publishing industry.

So, in the name of antitrust, the level playing field of the past two years — agency model e-books were priced the same whether sold by Amazon, Barnes & Noble or independent bookstores — will likely revert to a situation where a near - monopoly power determines pricing and most other retailers see their already - smaller market share shrink.

News — 1) Random House belatedly joins the «Apple 5» publishers in adopting the Agency Model of e-book pricing, just in time to gain a brief but prominent mention by Steve Jobs at the iPad 2 press conference on March 2, 2011.