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Old 11-16-2010, 01:18 PM   #42
Andrew H.
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Originally Posted by leebase View Post
Yeah -- like AMAZON was doing by using predatory pricing of ebooks to drive out any competition. Folks, Amazon was the bad guy in this story.

Lee
Amazon offered very low prices on a *tiny* percentage of their e-book sales. (NY Times bestsellers). This isn't predatory pricing, it's not illegal, and it's no different from what grocery stores do every week.

Which is why no one ever brought an anti-trust action against Amazon.

Anti-competitive behavior is bad because it hurts the *consumer.* This act may have hurt competitors, but it certainly didn't hurt consumers. Antitrust laws are designed to protect consumers, not competitors.

I mean, Baen *gives away* books. Are they engaged in predatory pricing? Or something worse,since there's no pricing at all.
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