thanks all for replies. i understand now that no Industry Standard Formula exists– that this is a negotiated arrangement. and have since found documentation of our business logic in very old archived efiles.

thanks all. yes. we now know this is for Apple prods. wondering if there is an Industry Standard formula for arriving at a separate Agency price?
thanks all for your feedback!

It sounds like Apple to me too. And maybe someone decided to make the eBook price 80% of the print price, which is pretty common.

We had to add a separate “Agency” price for Apple eBooks, and the price must end in $.99. Apple also requires separate pricing supplied for every territory, while most channels only need USD.

I agree that it’s likely an Apple price, or at least Apple-compatible.

Do you have access to recent ebook data feeds from your old system? It might be helpful to look at those and see whether these prices were used there, and if so, to what vendors.

We have a number of member presses with the ability to send files and metadata to LOC’s CIP program. Most of them are using it to apply specifically for e-book registration, not print.

LOC are getting both book files (PDF) and metadata (ONIX), so pre-publication/galley PDFs would be needed if someone wanted to use this to apply for print…[Read more]

Leah,

I’m wondering if it is to create a price that works for Apple. They require a price that ends in “.99” and require the price to be the best one on offer. Just a guess.

When we first starting pricing e-editions, we dropped the ebook prices by 80%. And we have been pricing our print editions with prices ending in .99 rather than .95 for…[Read more]

any update on this venture? interested.

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Thanks, Trond. I don’t really see another way to do it. But it still irks me!

Hi Jana, we too became frustrated with how buried this was, and though we
still mark it in the Edition Number, for most books in 2nd editions (or
beyond) we also make it part of the subtitle, either the edition number or
we make clear that it is a revision/expansion/what-not (especially for our
textbooks and guides this is key info) like…[Read more]