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Originally Posted by taustin
Puslishers colluding on a single point of sale they and only they control would be a pretty serious anti-trust violation in the US (where all these major publishers are located). And rather obviously so. I doubt they'd be that stupid.
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They need not actually pull their books from Amazon -- just lop off the 30% "agency fee" that Amazon, Apple et. al. charge and offer the "direct to customer price". This, of course, would p#ss off Apple and Amazon but the publishers wouldn't NEED them anymore.
Harlequinn doesn't need these folks. Baen doesn't need these folks. You can buy direct from the publishers if you want to. For that matter, the publishers could create a jointly owned but independent company.
Lee