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Originally Posted by Sil_liS
I'd go for a theory that Amazon was in on it the whole time. Sure, Amazon looks innocent enough, but they sell the ebooks of the evil publishers. The buyers aren't sure who to blame, but Amazon is pointing the finger at the publishers, saying "they made me raise the prices". By the time the dust settles, the publishers would have increased the prices of pbooks (they sold less books, so they have to have higher prices), and reluctantly agree to sell ebooks 5% less than the pbook. Amazon comes out of this as the hero of readers everywhere.
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Not entirely crazy!
But I am a little skeptical, because Amazon stands to gain quite a bit by being able to compete on price with other ebook stores. That sells content, which sells Kindles, which sells more content from Amazon. A double-edged sword, but nobody said market forces were benevolent.
I'm more inclined to believe that Apple and the publishers were taking aim at Amazon. That's playing hardball, but it is not necessarily illegal.