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Originally Posted by leebase
Thing is -- Amazon for a time, subsidized popular new release hard backs
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I assume you mean subsidized ebook versions of popular hardbacks.
They do also subsidize the hardbacks themselves, these are the current top selling 5 hardback books on Amazon, at around 50% of cover price.
Where is the outrage?
Decision Points
›George W. Bush
Hardcover
$35.00 $14.00
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth
›Jeff Kinney
Hardcover
$13.95 $6.94
Autobiography of Mark Twain, Vol. 1
›Mark Twain …
Hardcover
$34.95 $19.22
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and…
›Laura Hillenbrand
Hardcover
$27.00 $13.99
Life
›Keith Richards …
Hardcover
$29.99 $16.18