Sentences with phrase «taking about ebook prices»

Not exact matches

Again, note that I'm not mad about the ebook pricing dispute, and did not take sides at any point.

For a look back at the history of Apple negotiating with book publishers and a little more on how the agency model came about, I recommend this WSJ article from 2010 and Michael Cader at Publishers Marketplace's look at how the introduction of the iPad gave publishers «the opportunity to change the basic selling terms of ebooks with at least one major trading partner in a way that lets [them] take back control of pricing and reassert their vision of the value of an electronic version of a book.»

If you want to read more about the existing business models in the ebook industry, take a look at our previous blog post here, where we discussed ebook pricing models in greater detail.

A couple weeks ago I posted about Amazon Warehouse Deals offering the 9.7 - inch Kindle DX, open - box units, for 20 % off, taking the final price down to a mere $ 103, which is a crazy low price for a 9.7 - inch E Ink ebook reader, even if it is outdated.

I would take that as solid directional confirmation of Amazon's recent claims about optimal ebook pricing strategy.

I've written about this more here, but the point is that publishers» adoption of agency pricing happened as the ebook market was taking off, and was in response to those market changes.