Thread: Stars fall in Amazon protest about ebook prices
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Old 11-06-2010, 09:35 PM   #25
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Originally Posted by thinkpadx View Post
The book will really have to interest me if I'm going to buy it for the same price as the paper-book. I'm not at all pleased with the publishers setting the prices. What happened to competition? All of a sudden Amazon is not allowed to set there own prices.
It is almost tantamount to price fixing.

The ACCC here in Australia would certainly take a good hard look that was the case and the Agency 5 were based here.

Mind you, the incumbent government here is still in committee in regards to opening up the book industry here.

http://www.itnews.com.au/News/171693...egy-group.aspx
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