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Originally Posted by MikeFromHC
Lucky for us the situation is not as simple as that. The right of a company to sell or not sell what they want went out a long time ago when the government found out the actual ingredients of many of these products.
Most of th entertainment world is also governed by rules.
Amazon's position on the internet and the money they can toss around might cause them to be considered a monopoly and arbitrary refusals could be considered a restraint of trade.
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How many publishers are there? How many book stores and chains? How many ebook sellers?
Using your own line of reasoning, Apple should be broken up because only Apple is legally controlling the hardware, software, OS, manufacturing and distribution of Apple computers. Its not like the rest of the computers where you have your choice of thousands of motherboards, memory, CPU, video card, OS, software, and so on.
By the way others talk here, Apple should be forced to sell Dell, HP, Compaq, Acer, Lenovo and all the other computer brands, AND be forced to sell Windows, RedHat, and every other OS out there, simply because you think or believe they should simply because some small minority may choose to buy it from them...
Altruism has little place in the retail business.
Amazon is allowed to create their own hardware, software, distribution and choose to sell what they want. It is al about choice, not your desires. If you don't like that they do not sell epub or what you want, you have every right to go to another seller.