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Old 02-07-2011, 04:58 AM   #16
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Originally Posted by leaston View Post
It's simply a resurrection of the net book agreement and daylight robbery.
It's not the same at all.

The Net Book Agreement (NBA) forced retailers to sell at a particular price. It was a form of restrictive practice that was made illegal in UK, for everything except books, in the 1960s.

The retail price of ebooks is not subject to any such control. The retailer is free to discount books, or not, according to their judgement. If the price that Amazon charges for a particular Kindle version is too high, you are free to buy elsewhere. That was not the case with the NBA.
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