<div dir="auto">I have seen small publishers that also sell on Amazon complain about this practice. They are less competitive than Amazon when selling their own products, and it harms their own website traffic (and their own independent stores). <div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Luis</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Dec 22, 2024, 4:03 PM Carl Oppedahl via Pct <<a href="mailto:pct@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">pct@oppedahl-lists.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><u></u>
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<p>wow that is very odd. thank you for posting.<br>
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<div>On 12/22/2024 11:25 AM, Suzannah K.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Perhaps a similar odd Amazon pricing
explains this</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span><a href="https://x.com/LangmanVince/status/1870623387519012869" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://x.com/LangmanVince/status/1870623387519012869</a>
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<p>As best I can see, I could turn quite a profit even if I
merely discarded the books upon receipt. :)</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">You could make a huge profit if you
bought your own books, and then resold them anew :)</p>
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<b>Subject:</b> [Pct] Odd Amazon pricing for second
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<p>Hello listserv members. I just released the second
edition of <i>Oppedahl on PCT Forms and PCT Docketing</i>.
Like the original edition, it is priced at $89 and I earn
a royalty of about $48 per book. But what I don’t
understand is that Amazon has placed this book on sale for
about $21. Yes, it looks like if you order this book
right now, you will only have to pay about $21 to Amazon,
and they will pay me about $48, and you will receive a
copy of this book. I am baffled by Amazon’s pricing
decision. See
<a href="https://blog.oppedahl.com/odd-amazon-pricing-for-second-edition-of-my-pct-forms-and-docketing-book/" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">
https://blog.oppedahl.com/odd-amazon-pricing-for-second-edition-of-my-pct-forms-and-docketing-book/</a>
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