Re:$10 ebook debate - who should decide?
by Confusion on Saturday February 06, 2010 @08:01AM
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Where else do manufacturers decide on the price of the good and not the retailer?
Everywhere. If a retailer starts selling a product below a certain price, that will have its effect on the reputation of the product. Therefore the manufacturer often contractually requires that the retailer will not sell the product below a certain price.
Re:$10 ebook debate - who should decide?
by Zak on Saturday February 06, 2010 @01:28AM
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Ebooks should cost whatever the seller charges for them. The publisher's only influence over that should be the amount the publisher charges for wholesale copies.
Also, what about resale price maintenance? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resale_price_maintenance I just stumbled upon that page from the MSRP page.
Edit: fixed typo
Everywhere. If a retailer starts selling a product below a certain price, that will have its effect on the reputation of the product. Therefore the manufacturer often contractually requires that the retailer will not sell the product below a certain price.
But, I think that ebooks should be cheaper than their paper counterpart. The paper version should be considered premium version.