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Originally Posted by Seli
Could you (or someone) please explain in which way Amazon or any of the ebook-sellers act as a retailer?
In my view they have found a no-risk niche (depending on the exact accounting practices), no expensive to store stock, no money to the producer to obtain the stock, no risk of having un-sellable stock. And if they keep the money they obtain for sold products for a couple of days they can sell the product without mark-up and still make a profit due to interest.
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Until the cabal made their demands, Amazon acted fully as a retailer. They purchased ebooks from the publishers at the wholesale price the publishers set, and sold them to the end-users at the price they (Amazon) set. That's what a retailer does: buys wholesale, sells retail.
Whether someone is a retailer or not depends on their sales model, not on whether their stock is expensive to store.