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Originally Posted by elcreative
Well that may be fine in the states but in the UK and Europe price-fixing is illegal and if that's what's going on then the EU will be taking very expensive action soon... otherwise just looks like the anti-Apple lobby strikes again... well, makes a change from Bill Gates Evil Empire and the Illuminati...
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Legall, it isn't price fixing. The actual retailer is the book publisher, not the bookstore. The bookstore simply acts as a conduit. It also isn't price fixing because there is no agreement on pricing among the publishers. Each sets its own price on each book it publishes. I doubt that agency pricing will go away as a result of legal action.