Using book review data on Amazon.com, the authors extend current research into online consumer reviews by empirically …

complementary relationship between e-books and e-reader as the main reason for the retailer to set a low e-book price in the … wholesale model. Comparing the wholesale and the agency models, we find, in a wide range of market conditions, the price for e-book … readers is lower in the agency model, leading to a higher e-book market share. However, a higher e-book price in the agency …