Thread: Prices for amazon books
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Old 08-08-2010, 07:12 PM   #24
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
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!
The gain is to have the same price. Apple makes money selling hardware. But they will sell less hardware if the price for buying books from Apple is much higher than buying books from Amazon.
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