Today’s links of interest:
- The 1% Windfall: Why Publishers Need to Implement “Dynamic Pricing”
While we don’t doubt the need for more dynamic pricing in the world of publishing, we doubt experts who misstate how Amazon was selling books. Yes, they were selling *some* ebooks at a loss, but not all ebooks. It seems this distinction makes a huge difference. - Books and Books Arrives and Sides Are Taken
Does this have to be ugly? No. Is it ugly? Yes. - Dents in my Desk: Ellen Hopkins Disinvited to Teen Lit Fest
Sometimes, there are no words. - Publishers Behaving Badly–Again
Macmillan is sending letters to authors — not their agents or attorneys! — asking them to sign amendments to agreements for digital rights. Agent Kristin Nelson has the story and some good advice.
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CMC // Aug 18, 2010 at 11:00 am
Regarding dynamic pricing, that would be very hard to do in the print world. The supply chain for books – from publisher to distributor to bookstore and then back – is very long. Any time a publisher raises or lowers the price of a book, they must either accept returns of the books at the present price so that the distributor or reseller can then reorder at the new price, or the publisher must give credits or add to invoices based on the price of the book when it was ordered and not when it is paid for 90 to 180 days later. When distributors and resellers have years to return a book, keeping track of pricing can become a problem, too.
An argument for doing away with returns?