So all
titles you sell at BN through Smashwords that are
under $ 2.99 will earn you 60 % over 40 %, free and clear, without worry that retailers will discount (as Smashwords now operates with the
Agency pricing
model, except that we are the «agents» and set our own price).
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 prod
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 prod
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 products.