Thanks Jorgen for a link to a FutureBook update about the ongoing battle between publishers, retailers and consumers regarding the adoption of the agency pricing model in the UK. The publishers are trying to manipulate the market by over-pricing eBooks (often tagged over the price of hard covers) in an effort to maintain control of the market and cool down the growth of the eBook Revolution. Amazon’s trying to play it somewhere in the middle, but publishers have long distrusted the online eBook retailer.
This manipulation will only ‘justify’ a sharp rise in eBook Piracy and illegal file sharing.
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