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Old 07-12-2013, 09:11 AM   #255
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Originally Posted by K. Molen View Post
I was under the impression that Amazon was making money over all on their ebook business, just that they were using bestsellers as a loss leader. Or were they using ebooks as a loss leader for their overall business?

If its the former, I'm sure others could've had a go of it as well.
Only *some* bestsellers and only while they were in early release.
No different than weekly sales at supermarkets or dept stores.

And that is Amazon's true crime; they treat books like any other consumer product instead of as a special snowflake.
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