http://forums.digitaltextplatform.com/dtpforums Most recent forum messages en Jive Forums Gold 5.0.5 (www.jivesoftware.com) Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:08:04 +0000 http://forums.digitaltextplatform.com/dtpforums/thread.jspa?messageID=33237&tstart=0#33237 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:11:54 +0000 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:11:54 +0000 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:11:54 +0000 Sep 2, 2010 notjohn 0 http://forums.digitaltextplatform.com/dtpforums/thread.jspa?messageID=33194&tstart=0#33194 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:20:29 +0000 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:20:29 +0000 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:20:29 +0000 Sep 1, 2010 vb1941 1 http://forums.digitaltextplatform.com/dtpforums/thread.jspa?messageID=33060&tstart=0#33060 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:53:43 +0000 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:53:43 +0000 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:53:43 +0000 Sep 1, 2010 notjohn 0 http://forums.digitaltextplatform.com/dtpforums/thread.jspa?messageID=33050&tstart=0#33050 I believe the issue is that sales of print in the UK > are regulated differently than in the US. My husband > is British and he tells me that there is not a > discount book outlet in England - just full price. > So international laws seem to play a part in this > not just greed or cost of marketing being more there > or less here. That used to be the case here in the UK, but it ended 10 years ago. From Wikipedia: "The Net Book Agreement was a public agreement between UK booksellers from 1900 to 1991 to sell new books only at the recommended retail price, in order to protect the revenues of smaller bookshops. The agreement collapsed in 1991 when the large book chain Dillons began discounting books, followed by rival Waterstones." Another factor that helped lead to the collapse of the Net Book Agreement was growing pressure from major supermarkets like Tesco who wanted to be able to sell the most popular books at discounted prices, which they now do. I'm not aware of any reason why print book pricing would impact on the royalties paid out. I could better understand if it had some impact on what prices one could charge for Kindle books, but that doesn't seem to be a factor. - Donna]]> Wed, 01 Sep 2010 01:51:07 +0000 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 01:51:07 +0000 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 01:51:07 +0000 Aug 31, 2010 dmsmillie 0 http://forums.digitaltextplatform.com/dtpforums/thread.jspa?messageID=33075&tstart=0#33075 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:35:19 +0000 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:35:19 +0000 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:35:19 +0000 Aug 31, 2010 concettah 1 http://forums.digitaltextplatform.com/dtpforums/thread.jspa?messageID=32857&tstart=0#32857 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:06:02 +0000 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:06:02 +0000 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:06:02 +0000 Aug 30, 2010 tsoroz 0 http://forums.digitaltextplatform.com/dtpforums/thread.jspa?messageID=32816&tstart=0#32816 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 11:32:20 +0000 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 11:32:20 +0000 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 11:32:20 +0000 Aug 30, 2010 zoewinters 0 http://forums.digitaltextplatform.com/dtpforums/thread.jspa?messageID=32835&tstart=0#32835 Of course you're right, Donna. It's just that I > cannot understand people who join a club and then > immediately demand that it change the way it does > business. (See the post by the guy who hit the > Publish button on Saturday morning and made three > phone calls to Amazon because it hadn't shown up on > the storefront by Sunday afternoon!) Surely they > understood these matters before they signed up? It's > all in the FAQ, and it's been discussed here many > times. Yes, I noticed that other post, too. Believe me, I understand what you mean, NJ. And I know how wearing it can get, as a long time member of any particular forum, seeing the same thing come up time and time again when you know there isn't going to be any simple resolution of the issue (I'm still relatively new in these forums, but I've been in enough other forums for long enough to know how grrrrr-making that can become). At the same time, if no-one ever complains, or asks for changes, then there's even less likelihood of anything changing. (Not that I think Amazon staff read these forums religiously, mind you. A quick scan now and then is more likely.) > What a weird world we live in. I just heard my wife > upstairs talking a blue streak, and it's six o'clock > in the morning. Of course it's not her talking; it's > her computer announcing the end of the world, or the > results of the Emmy awards, or something. *laughs* A weird world indeed! :) - Donna]]> Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:44:14 +0000 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:44:14 +0000 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:44:14 +0000 Aug 30, 2010 dmsmillie 1 http://forums.digitaltextplatform.com/dtpforums/thread.jspa?messageID=32834&tstart=0#32834 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:11:43 +0000 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:11:43 +0000 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:11:43 +0000 Aug 30, 2010 notjohn 2 http://forums.digitaltextplatform.com/dtpforums/thread.jspa?messageID=32833&tstart=0#32833 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:05:36 +0000 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:04:42 +0000 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:05:36 +0000 Aug 30, 2010 notjohn 0