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.
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.
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[ 0.22 ms ] story [ 31.2 ms ] threadBut, I think that ebooks should be cheaper than their paper counterpart. The paper version should be considered premium version.
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.