Sentences with phrase «because of agency pricing»

Joe, It's impossible for Amazon, Sony or anyone other than Apple to sell ebooks in - app in iOS because of agency pricing.

Because of agency pricing, they're able to offer e-books from big - six publishers at the same price as Amazon.

The e-book edition, which was the same everywhere because of agency pricing, was $ 16.99.

But the part of this comment that really floors me is how he claims the price decrease for e-book readers is because of agency pricing.

Oh, and don't you love how you can't apply a coupon, which you should be able to apply to any book in the store, to an ebook because of Agency pricing?

Because of agency pricing, you don't get that with e-books — yet.

Not exact matches

The IRS launched the investigation in part because the price of bitcoin soared from $ 13 to over $ 1,100 during the years in question, and because only 802 people reported their bitcoin gains or losses in 2015 to the agency.

So if you drew a horizontal line and call that fair value like Ben Graham said, and then you draw a wavy line around that horizontal line and call that stock prices, the market is pitching us opportunities all the time between stocks that are way below fair value and way above fair value, the reason investors don't beat the market has nothing to do with the market is not throwing us pitches in that it's not still emotional, they are behavioral problem, there's agency problems, there is a lot of other issues going on but it's not because we're not getting really great pictures all the time.

That surge was fueled, in large part, because of a growing economy, falling coal prices and a cold winter, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday in its annual greenhouse gas emissions inventory.

One of the main motives that so many people including senior men and women use online dating agencies is because of personal concerns and uncertainty, and having a service that can help them make the dating environment more relaxed and relaxing is well worth the service price they pay.

Also, ebook sales may be flat or dropping at the big publishing houses, mostly because they have raised prices since the return of agency pricing.

This is mainly because most of the companies just got into eBooks and have temporarily adopted the agency model for eBooks to determine set prices until something more official is produced.

In negotiating the retail price MFN with Apple, «some of [the Publisher Defendants]» asserted that Apple did not need the provision «because they would be moving to an agency model with [the other e-book retailers,]» regardless.

They are all really scared to be talking to each other on the record because of the global collusion cases levied against them for establishing «Agency Pricing.»

This is because ebooks are sold under the agency model where the publisher sets the price and gets 70 % of each sale, and the retailer gets the remaining 30 %.

Perhaps this is because publishers now have more control over pricing after the reintroduction of agency pricing through online retailers like Amazon.

Agreeing to agency models still suited the publishers» long - term interests because they wanted to «shift their industry to higher e-book prices to protect the prices of their physical books and the brick and mortar stores that sold those physical books,» Cote wrote, adding that» [t] o change the price of e-books across the industry... the Publishers would have to raise Amazon's prices.»

Because the agency pricing debacle can be laid directly at the feet of Apple, in my opinion.

Stuff like: It is my unprovable theory that fledgling authors are HURT by the end of agency because it resulted in bringing branded author prices down and undercutting the advantage that the indie authors like John Locke had in the early days.

It's because of a thing called «agency pricing,» and the U.S. Department of Justice are considering suing Apple and the major book - publishers over colluding to fix prices.

The reason I'd like to see it is because I want to see how the legacy publishers using the agency model of pricing v. those who follow the philosophy that you don't have to charge as much for e-books as you do for hard covers.

That said, I think agency pricing is unwise — and not just because it has attracted antitrust attention from the U.S. government and the European Union, among others, but because it isn't in the long - term interests of either readers or (I would argue) of publishers themselves.

In its request to dismiss the private lawsuit, Apple said it individually negotiated separate vertical agreements with each of the publishers and it insisted on agency pricing because it had «no desire to incur the losses that would flow from retailing in such an environment.»

Many industry observers think that the majors are losing ebook share because of their higher prices, and Mike Shatzkin has written up a remarkably compelling theory that it's Amazon that wanted a return to agency pricing in the new contracts, not the Big Five.

One of the issues Canada Revenue Agency might have with these type of investments would be pricing which gets tricky because of a lack of liquidity.

Because of this, many of today's mREITs like Annaly Capital Management (NYSE: NLY) and American Capital Agency (NASDAQ: AGNC) have dividend yields — or annual dividends per share divided by stock price — north of 10 %.

In the United States, politicians (primarily from the Republican Party) have been on a crusade to convince the American public that President Obama and the Democratic Party are responsible for the spike in gasoline prices, they are responsible for the lack of jobs because of their pesky oversight agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency, and that they are holding us back from energy independence and job growth by not approving dangerous projects like the Keystone XL Pipeline.

I am for either ETS or a carbon tax (depending on circumstances) not because of the price effects on middleclass and rich individuals but because of the corporate sector, including goverment agencies.

The case is being closely watched due, in part, to the involvement of the company's corporate bodies in the United States, its Swiss affiliate and because «practitioners are hoping the courts will clarify the interplay between major elements of Canada's transfer pricing rules, as well as the appropriateness of the Canada Revenue Agency's aggressive approach to transfer pricing disputes.»

Because of our financial acumen and our credibility in the courtroom, we have been appointed lead counsel in virtually every major recent financial manipulation case — including those asserting manipulation in CDS markets, ISDAfix, gold pricing, Interest Rate Swaps, and sub-sovereign and agency bonds.

Many people because of this actually believe if they shop the market long enough they will find a better price from some other insurance website or agency for the exact same product.

Because independent insurance agencies, like Rodney Mouton Insurance Agency, represent a number of different insurance companies, and can compare coverage and prices to find the best possible value for your individual circumstances.

In my debate with Laura, I argued that the agency - pricing model was bad in part because it allows the major publishers to maintain artificially high prices for their books, which is not only bad for book readers, but is arguably bad for the industry as a whole over the longer term — since it is an attempt to hold back the waves, King Canute - style, instead of trying to adapt to the changes that are going on in the marketplace.

But, even more important than price, be sure to get a feel of the person you speak with on the phone, because you will be working with this person and you want to feel comfortable asking questions and sharing personal information with this person or agency.

But the real estate commission, which had imposed a fine on Kenneth Snider of Buyer's Agent Inc., says the case should be heard again because the commission's position makes finer distinctions in agency than the court appears to appreciate, says Norris Price, the commission's director.

Plus, the agency loans often are only 40 % or 50 % of the purchase price, which makes financing those projects more difficult because they require a larger stack of expensive capital, such as mezzanine debt or equity.

(2) Furthermore, the motivation of a seller to sell will never be disclosed because it is protected by Agency Law and yet, the motivation to sell can be integral to a final negotiated price.»

Furthermore, the motivation of a seller to sell will never be disclosed because it is protected by Agency Law and yet, the motivation to sell can be integral to a final negotiated price.

When a home Seller is counselled to offer a lower than average amount of selling commission to a Cooperating Brokerage, are they being advised as to how this may possibly interact negatively with a prospective Buyer's «Buyer's Agency Contract», and if so, why would such a Seller agree to proceed as such — especially, if they've been made aware of any discounts that may apply to their List Price, later, as a result of extended market time?The aforesaid is fundamental to a fiduciary responsibility — yet, I believe that most Provincial Regulatory Authorities would be reluctant to prosecute such a negligent Registrant or Practitioner because the accused would hide behind the argument they were being wrongly persecuted for offering a «competitive business model»!

Under a buyer agency I could ask my clients (and they are clients) what they would like me to say (if anything) because although the property may not be of interest today, it might be tomorrow, and the buyer may not want their intentions, likes and dislikes known, especially if they want to negotiate a price suitable to them.

«Under the Housing and Economic Recovery Act, or HERA, the FHFA must change its loan limits annually based on nationwide home price shifts; because the FHFA's most recent House Price Index showed a gain of 6.8 % between the third quarters of 2016 and 2017, the agency raised the conforming loan limit at the same rate.&rprice shifts; because the FHFA's most recent House Price Index showed a gain of 6.8 % between the third quarters of 2016 and 2017, the agency raised the conforming loan limit at the same rate.&rPrice Index showed a gain of 6.8 % between the third quarters of 2016 and 2017, the agency raised the conforming loan limit at the same rate.»

Economists at the agency predict that the average rate this year will be 3.9 percent and that, coupled with an uptick in home prices because of insufficient inventory, could put additional constraints on homebuying power.