Sentences with phrase «e-books under the agency model»

Random House is not involved in any of the investigations and is free to continue selling e-books under the agency model, as are any other publishers who adopted the model later.

Not exact matches

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.»

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.

Of course, many of those condemning Rutherford and those like him also point to the Bowker report about the price of e-books not rising under the agency pricing model as evidence the Department of Justice is wrong in claiming prices will rise under the agency model.

Instead, the agreements allow e-book retailers to discount prices up to the aggregate cost — generally a 30 % commission under the agency model — of the discount computed over the course of the contract, which is generally a year.»

Because retailer discounting is prohibited by the agency agreements, retailers have been prevented from introducing innovative sales models or promotions with respect to Publisher Defendants» e-books, such as offering e-books under an «all - you - can - read» subscription model where consumers would pay a flat monthly fee.

The publishers noted that while they continue to sell e-books under the wholesale model, they have «benefitted significantly» — along with authors, booksellers and consumers, — from the ability of the Big Six publishers to adopt the agency pricing model with Amazon, since those arrangements, «contributed dramatically to increased competition and diversification in the distribution of e-books.»

So far, there is no reason to think that this can not occur under the agency pricing model as long as the distribution market for e-books remains competitive.

Amazon is guilty of keeping e-book prices as low as possible so that readers can read more books then they could under the Agency Model.

Even if Apple and Amazon were on the same agency arrangement with a Publisher, and that Publisher were able to move the retail price of the e-book to the top of the Apple price tier and sell it for $ 12.99, the Publisher would still receive less revenue under the agency model: $ 9.10 instead of the $ 13.00 in revenue under the wholesale model.

Under the agency model (described in further detail here), publishers set the final sale price of an e-book, and the retailer (like Amazon, B&N, or Apple) collects a cut, usually 30 %.

Between lower prices for indie and non-Big 5 publishers and Kindle Unlimited, I am reading a lot more than if I bought only Big 5 e-books priced under their modified agency pricing model.

One other note on March's decrease from February's sales: just like sales dipped to their lowest point of the year last April, the first month that 5 of the «Big 6» publishers raised e-book prices under «agency model» pricing, March 1 marked the date when Random House joined ranks and embraced the agency model as well.

Under the agency model, book publishers set their own e-book prices and the retailer (agent) receives a commission.

Under the traditional wholesale model, which is used for print books and was used for e-books as well until publishers adopted the agency model in 2010, publishers set a book's suggested retail price and retailers can discount the books to any price that they want.

Under the traditional wholesale model, which is used for print books and was used for e-books as well until publishers adopted the agency model in 2010, publishers set a bookâ $ ™ s retail price and retailers can discount the books to any price that they want.»

Under the agency model, the publisher is the only party that can discount e-books, and an e-book's price must be the same across all retailers (i.e., an e-book can't go on sale at just one retailer).

At the heart of the flurry of lawsuits is a challenge to «agency pricing,» the e-book pricing model under which book publishers set their own prices for e-books, paying the e-tailer («agent») a commission.

The London Book Fair is buzzing about alleged e-book price collusion under the agency model.