One reason for this trend is a decrease
in ebook prices.
One of the major reasons seen for the seismic shift from trad to indie is the return to agency pricing by the Big 5, which has brought sharp rises
in ebook prices from the trad publishers.
It led to an immediate «spike»
in eBook prices (see p. 95 of the Court opinion).
Lawyers were also successful in showing at trial that a move to agency pricing resulted in a sudden and drastic shift upward
in ebook prices, harming consumers, but also harming publishers (pg 94).
• The statistics on the fall in ebooks sales only relate to those sold by members of the Publishers Association (PA), and the cause is well known: the increase
in ebook prices as a result of the publishers» deal with Amazon.
Reuters and The New York Times have good explanations of the case and its possible fallout, while paidContent Laura Hazard Owen has a shorter primer, including a note that consumers aren't likely to see any change
in ebook prices.
Too often even after the paperbacks come out there are no changes
in ebook prices.
I have a suspicion that many people turned to Kindle Unlimited to combat the increase
in ebook prices and therefore are overlooked in the AAP survey of it's members.
In the ongoing legal battles involving Apple over antitrust violations
in an ebook price fixing case, it seems the technology giant just can't catch a break.
The class - action lawsuit, brought forward by 33 U.S. states, alleged that Apple was a dominant figure
in an ebook price - fixing conspiracy designed to increase ebook prices and challenge Amazon's hold within the ebook industry.
I meant to post something really interesting about the changes
in eBook pricing last Tuesday... and here we are on Thursday already.
Despite the DOJ case, Apple is still very much involved
in ebook price fixing.
Author Randy Ingermanson went so far as to provide a detailed explanation of the mathematics behind the potential
in ebook pricing.
As part of the terms in the ongoing proceedings against Apple
in an ebook price fixing anti-trust lawsuit filed by the Department of Justice, Judge Denise Cote ordered an external monitor to ensure that Apple did not enter into any further collusion that would fall under the scope of the investigation.
Amazon pulling the Kindle titles in response to an impasse
in ebook pricing negotiations would be unfortunate and even irritating.
The underlying issue of Amazon abusing their market power by pulling the print titles to score points
in an ebook pricing dispute is unresolved, and probably unresolvable.
The unique factor
in ebook pricing is that we don't actually own what we pay for.
Located
in the eBook Pricing section of your KDP book page, this service analyzes sales data for books similar to yours in order to determine the best price.
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In May, as it negotiated a new contract with Hachette Book Group (a settling defendant
in the ebooks price - fixing case), Amazon pulled the preorder buttons on most Hachette titles, stopped recommending its authors» works, and burdened Hachette's books with artificial delivery delays.
The Supreme Court denied Apple's appeal
in its ebook pricing - fixing case, -LSB-...]
Apple (s AAPL) has filed its appeal against federal judge Denise Cote's verdict
in the ebook pricing case.
Being charged $ 12.99 by traditional publishers who were sued for collusion
in ebook pricing pisses me off, makes me feel disrespected, and ensures I will either borrow the book or buy a used paper copy in protest.
The shift
in ebook pricing reflects a change in the contractual terms agreed between Amazon, which controls up to 90 % of the UK ebook market, and the major publishing houses.
In fact, Owen reports — in Apple is already fighting Amazon
in the ebook price wars — she has tracked instances in which Apple takes the lead, undercutting Amazon — and Amazon's mighty computers, of course, then drop their prices to match Apple.
Apple has today filed a brief in opposition to the Department of Justice's proposed «remedy»
in the ebook price fixing case.
Penguin, which is merging with Random House, has settled with the Department of Justice
in the ebook pricing lawsuit, the DOJ announced late Tuesday afternoon.
The fifth publisher involved
in the ebook pricing lawsuits, Penguin, settled with the Department of Justice in December but hasn't reached settlements in the class action suit or with the states.
Not only would it be impressive new technology that addresses a major customer demand, it would benefit from the first major change
in eBook pricing since the introduction of the Agency Model.
Not exact matches
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
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
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in raise
prices on
ebooks).
A return to Amazon's $ 9.99
price point is a veritable certainty, while the fact that
ebook prices rose
in general once Apple entered the market seems like a pretty damning fact
in general.
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Here's my thinking
in a nutshell: Let the big publishers collude to keep
ebook prices high all they want.
So, second, while the Amazon stock may take a little temporary tumble, I suspect the reasons have more to do with the still relatively low
price for most
ebooks ($ 9.99) and the rise
in competition.
In wholesale model today, publishers set a digital list
price, but the retailer sets the final
price for
ebooks.
We optimize the author bio, book description, keywords, categories &
pricing and make the book available on Amazon
in the
ebook and paperback formats.
«A key objective is lower e-book
prices,» Amazon's Books Team wrote
in a July 29 letter posted to the Kindle forum, calling
ebook prices of $ 14.99 and $ 19.99 «unjustifiably high.»
You name your own
price, get the
eBooks via instant download
in your preferred format.
This has resulted
in all publishers except the biggest being forced to put two
prices on their
ebooks: a» digital consumer retail»
price (intended to be a selling
price, for Apple, and lower) as well as a «list»
price (intended for the retailer to discount, for Amazon, and higher).
My
ebooks are
priced at 4.95 with Ridan because they did run a lot of numbers looking at
pricing with Michael J. Sullivan's books and determined that sales
in that niche were maximized at the 4.95
price point.
Everyone from John Scalzi to the L.A. Times took a shot at questioning, distinguishing, undermining, spinning, and just plain refuting Amazon's assertion that reducing
ebook prices would result
in more sales and bigger profits for publishers and authors.