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Old 01-01-2011, 10:48 AM   #181
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If someone wants to bring an antitrust action against Amazon publishing, I suppose they could (anyone can file a lawsuit for anything). But since Amazon has such a small portion of the publishing business, it is a loser.
According to Amazon it has 70% of the ebook market in the United States. Doesn't seem to me to be a "small portion." And even if it really has closer to 50%, that is a signifcant portion of a nascent market, exactly what antitrust laws were designed to protect until the Roberts court.
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