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Old 11-30-2010, 08:22 AM   #92
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Originally Posted by Barcey View Post
This wasn't about Amazon trying to dominate the market by selling below cost. It was about Amazon demonstrating what the price point had to be and they were willing to take a temporary loss to show the publishers their price had to drop.
Had to be? Who decide that?

Yes, as you say they tried to use their size to extort the publishers to lower the price regardless of the consequences for the readers and writers. Luckily enough some publishers are fighting back.
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