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Originally Posted by Andrew H.
This may be true in France. It was demonstrably *not* the case in the US, where big chain bookstores (Borders, B&N) vastly increased the number and diversity of books available.
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When did the US ever have a fixed book price scheme?
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Again, certainly not true in most of the US, where the small bookstores mostly had a small selection and focused primarily on bestsellers.
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Again, there wasn't anything shielding them from price-based competition. It's a bit disingenuous to say that the scheme failed when it has not been implemented, ever.