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Originally Posted by tompe
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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What consequences? And the point was that more books were sold at a lower price. The publishers keep saying that there is no proof that if the ebooks have a lower price more people would buy them, and that was proven. How is this extortion?
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Definition of EXTORTION
1
: the act or practice of extorting especially money or other property; especially : the offense committed by an official engaging in such practice
2
: something extorted; especially : a gross overcharge