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What's totally bizarre about the publishers pricing is that other goods that have gone digital have benefitted by lower prices, or at least, temporary price dro
by Lewisham 15y ago
What's totally bizarre about the publishers pricing is that other goods that have gone digital have benefitted by lower prices, or at least, temporary price drops. My knowledge is particularly in video games, but those Steam sales that keep popping up are not through the goodness of Valve's hearts. Publishers are doing gangbusters on those sales, and consumers are buying far more games than they'll ever play.
They screwed up. The agency model wasn't necessarily bad, it's that they used it to screw the consumer to pay higher prices. Had they used it to lower prices, they wouldn't have this problem now, where they forced themselves into wholesale and let Amazon marginalize them further.
- jorgem 15y agoOh, I don't know. I remember CD's being more expensive than records. And DVD's were more expensive than VHS tapes.
- joverholt 15y agoThose all involved physical supply and distribution chains, each with their own added costs. They also represented an advancement in technology. Yes, there are costs with digital distribution, but I find it hard to believe they are greater than distributing a physical product. My dad gave me a Kindle he got for free. I have a hard time paying $10 or $15 to buy a book I don't really own, among other reasons.