Sentences with phrase «ebooks under the agency model»

I gave them our proposal for new terms of sale for ebooks under the agency model which will become effective in early March.

The stated goal was to mandate retail prices for Kindle books, and all other ebooks under the agency model publishers» control, at levels that would be 30 to 50 percent higher than the $ 9.99 price that Amazon had previously set for Kindle Store new releases.

Many Kindle Store customers didn't like paying 30 % to 100 % more for ebooks under the agency model, and Amazon's ability to let a (few hundred) thousand flowers bloom in the Kindle Store gave those customers lots of other places to go.

Not exact matches

When the ebook agency pricing model came under fire by the US Justice Department and the European Union, companies began to settle out of court.

While Amazon originally worked under the wholesale model, which afforded the retailer the opportunity to sell ebooks at less than their cost in order to push sales of their Kindle e-readers, the alleged collusion between Apple and five of the Big Six publishers actually refers to their switch to an agency pricing model, which allowed publishers to set the price of the ebooks for the retailers.

Industry insiders and general interested parties proclaimed that under the new Agency model being adapted by major publishers in determining global eBook prices, violates anti-trust and anti-competitive laws.

Last week Amazon and Barnes & Noble begun issuing credits for eBooks that customers purchased from 2010 to 2012 under the agency model.

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 %.

Certain digital content is distributed under an agency pricing model in which the publishers set fixed prices for eBooks and NOOK receives a fixed commission on content sold through the eBookstore.

Under the agency model — one of the factors that led the investigators to believe that anti-trust violations had taken place between Apple and five of the Big Six publishers, including HarperCollins — publishers get to set the price of ebooks, rather than retailers; under the previous wholesale model, retailers could purchase books directly from the publishers, then turn around and sell those titles for any amount, even taking a loss on the books in order to boost sales of other prodUnder the agency model — one of the factors that led the investigators to believe that anti-trust violations had taken place between Apple and five of the Big Six publishers, including HarperCollins — publishers get to set the price of ebooks, rather than retailers; under the previous wholesale model, retailers could purchase books directly from the publishers, then turn around and sell those titles for any amount, even taking a loss on the books in order to boost sales of other produnder the previous wholesale model, retailers could purchase books directly from the publishers, then turn around and sell those titles for any amount, even taking a loss on the books in order to boost sales of other products.

Under the agency model, and working with multiple distributors, Macmillan will offer over 1,200 backlist eBooks from its Minotaur Books mystery and crime fiction imprint, a part of the St. Martins Publishing Group.

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.

Ebooks on Apple's iBookstore rose to the range of $ 12.99 to $ 14.99 under Apple's agency pricing model, which allows book publishers to set the price of an ebook while Apple takes a 30 percent cut.

Under the agency model, when the publisher mandated a retail price of $ 12.99 to $ 14.99 for an ebook, it stood to receive 70 % from Amazon or another retailer — or somewhere between $ 9 and $ 10.50.

Because when the big publishers colluded with Apple to raise prices under the Agency model, $ 12.99 and $ 14.99 were the price points for ebooks.

Filed Under: eBooks, General Trade Publishing, New Models, Publishing, Supply - Chain Tagged With: Agency 5, Apple, Ed Nawotka, Frankfurt Book Fair, Google Editions, iBookstore, Kindle, Kobo, Macmillan, Nook, Peter Wiley, Publishing Perspectives, Random House

BN.com comparable sales reflect the actual selling price for eBooks sold under the agency model rather than solely the commission received.

But under the Agency model, Amazon earns 30 % of the ebook price.

I think she was asking why ebooks should be sold under the agency model when paper books are sold in the customary way.

But with respect to the agency discount, Amazon demands that all non-Big-Six trade publishers sell it their ebook and physical book wares under the old trade discount model, which requires only that Amazon buy inventory at roughly 50 % off the publisher's suggested list price (the discounts vary by publisher and can run as high as 55 %) and is silent on pricing — allowing Amazon to discount as steeply as it wishes to win over customers.

For those who are unaware, the retailer and the publisher have been locked in a dispute over contract terms; Amazon wants to remain under the wholesale model in which it gets to determine the price of the ebooks it sells, even if that means taking a loss in order to pass the savings on to the customer, and Hachette wants to go to the briefly - instituted agency model in which the publisher determines the price.

There was nothing illegal per se about the contracts the publishers had with Amazon or that the publishers were able to set the retail price under those contracts (Apple was doing business under an agency model for years before they got into ebooks and continues to for its app and music sales).

That might seem harmless because it doesn't let Amazon sell ebooks at a loss under the new terms of the agency model.