Price controls - ways around?

[Jeanine]

I've been wondering how to get around the price controls Amazon imposes in the US (see link at bottom).

One thought I have is to include a bonus chapter (It is a white paper I have already written). I would have different ISBN numbers (one for the book with the bonus and one with the book without the bonus).

The core book would be the same, the bonus would be the differing element. Thoughts? Do you think this would work? Using the book without the bonus in channels where I want to offer a discounted price?

Do you know of other ways around this?

Thanks.

Jeanine Joy

http://ebookbargainsuk.wordpress.com/...

For Janet's original thread on price controls go here:https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[D.C.]

I'm not completely sure what you're trying to do, so it's hard to know if two different editions would be to your advantage.

Some of that blog post did not look 100% accurate to me, either.

[Jeanine]

Ah, good to know (re: not accurate). I'll compare what the blog says to the actual contract.

What I want to be able to accomplish is to offer the ebook on a promotional basis but not have Amazon mandate a price match to promotional prices used elsewhere.

[D.C.]

Well, you can always raise and lower your Amazon prices. There is a min and a max, but you can change them as often as you wish, and set different prices for different countries. Amazon does price match if you offer a lower price on another website, but they are actually very lazy about matching prices. Multiple editions are likely to annoy and confuse readers. They'll be particularly peeved if they think a different edition is a different work completely, and buy it twice.