Agency Lite has formally come to Macmillan titles now, after a longer-than-expected delay. Discounts on ebooks beyond what was previously allowed by the publisher can be seen on some of the company’s bestselling titles, such as Silver Linings Playbook (agency price, $9.99; discounted price $7.99); the Shred diet (agency price, $11.99; discounted price $9.99); and Killing Kennedy (agency price, $12.99; selling price $9.99). Price matching on discounts was observed across the three top ebookstores, Amazon, Nook and the iBookstore, though Google Play–often an early and aggressive discounter–seems to still be selling Macmillan ebooks at full agency prices for now. As […]
