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Originally Posted by HarryT
Well, I certainly don't have any "inside knowledge" on the matter but, as I said, I really don't see what Apple would gain. When you compare Amazon's ebook prices in the UK (where there is no agency pricing) with those in the US (where there is), it's obvious that US prices are dramatically higher. The result of that is that I buy my ebooks from Amazon, and not from Apple. If that is some sinister conspiracy on Apple's part, it seems like a rather strange one!
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Well, you don't have to deal with agency pricing like I do, so naturally your prices are much lower. Apple gained from all this by forcing, through the Price Fix 5, Amazon to sell their ebooks for higher prices, this is a direct benefit to Apple regardless of whatever deal of their own they worked out with publishers.