Not exact matches
A person
at Amazon told me that publishers keep ebook prices high in part because they don't want to jeopardize their relationships with
traditional booksellers.
Such a low price could set a new expectation in readers» minds about how much books are worth and put enormous pressure on
traditional brick - and - mortar
booksellers selling print books
at considerably higher prices.
The Wholesale Model is the
traditional approach where the publisher sells to distributors and
booksellers at a discounted wholesale price, who in turn resell it.
If you're being published by a
traditional publishing house, there are many people — from editors to sales representatives to marketing managers to publicists to even book buyers
at the major
booksellers — who will weigh in on the consumer appeal and effectiveness of your book's title.
The key players are now (generally speaking) larger than publishers and
booksellers (
at least
traditional publishers and
booksellers).