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Playing devils advocate here - Okay I understand abuse of position AGENCY MODEL!!! Remember when Steve Jobs got with the big 5 publishers? We got the, "They w

by baldfat 12y ago

Playing devils advocate here - Okay I understand abuse of position AGENCY MODEL!!! Remember when Steve Jobs got with the big 5 publishers? We got the, "They wanted $15+ for an ebook" price fixing job!!! I am sorry that the fight for price is still on BUT the HIGH cost of ebooks is a problem and don't even start to think about the high price of text books and text ebooks! The issue with cost is big for customers. If the price is decided solely by publishers readers lose.

dfc 12y ago
> position AGENCY MODEL Google gives ten hits for "position agency model." Since you understand the concept so well can you explain it to me?
- dragonwriter 12y ago
  I think you parsed that wrong. I don't think it was "(abuse of) (position agency model)" but "(abuse of position) (agency model)". The lack of punctuation isn't helpful, and the exact argument being made is unclear, though.
  - dfc 12y ago
    That makes more sense, thank you.
    - baldfat 12y ago
      OR that AGENCY MODEL was in all caps???? abuse of position is also a term. abuse of position with their agency model. <--- That better?
      - dfc 12y ago
        The use of all caps and seven exclamation marks in six sentences was a little bewildering for me.
clarky07 12y ago
ebooks don't have a high cost, and their current prices aren't a problem, except maybe for publishers, editors, and authors. The cost of a book isn't even remotely based on the cost of paper. Books don't cost very much to print. They cost a lot to produce. Just because you know that bits are free to copy, doesn't mean the book was free to produce.
- chrismcb 12y ago
  When an ebook is priced higher than a physical book then the ebook has a high cost. Maybe the high cost is justified because people are willing to pay for the convenience. But I'm not, I'll purchase whichever is cheaper, or not purchase at all.
  - clarky07 12y ago
    i'm not sure publishers are ever pricing ebooks higher than the physical books, and certainly not often. I'd like to see that if they are. Yes you can buy used for almost nothing, but that's not really a fair comparison. It's already been sold once and is in used condition.

by baldfat 12y ago

dfc 12y ago

> position AGENCY MODEL Google gives ten hits for "position agency model." Since you understand the concept so well can you explain it to me?

dragonwriter 12y ago
I think you parsed that wrong. I don't think it was "(abuse of) (position agency model)" but "(abuse of position) (agency model)". The lack of punctuation isn't helpful, and the exact argument being made is unclear, though.
- dfc 12y ago
  That makes more sense, thank you.
  - baldfat 12y ago
    OR that AGENCY MODEL was in all caps???? abuse of position is also a term. abuse of position with their agency model. <--- That better?
    - dfc 12y ago
      The use of all caps and seven exclamation marks in six sentences was a little bewildering for me.

clarky07 12y ago

ebooks don't have a high cost, and their current prices aren't a problem, except maybe for publishers, editors, and authors. The cost of a book isn't even remotely based on the cost of paper. Books don't cost very much to print. They cost a lot to produce. Just because you know that bits are free to copy, doesn't mean the book was free to produce.

chrismcb 12y ago
When an ebook is priced higher than a physical book then the ebook has a high cost. Maybe the high cost is justified because people are willing to pay for the convenience. But I'm not, I'll purchase whichever is cheaper, or not purchase at all.
- clarky07 12y ago
  i'm not sure publishers are ever pricing ebooks higher than the physical books, and certainly not often. I'd like to see that if they are. Yes you can buy used for almost nothing, but that's not really a fair comparison. It's already been sold once and is in used condition.