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Old 06-27-2011, 03:39 PM   #176
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Originally Posted by anamardoll View Post
With the market as it currently stands, even without DRM and with a single format, there would likely still be price fixing. As much as competition usually brings prices down, the publishers have changed that for the eBook world somewhat by dictating what Amazon/B&N/Kobo can charge instead of letting A/B/K set their own prices.
Because of lock-in, none of these stores has a reason to go against price fixing. I felt like there was little more than a bit of grumbling by the retailers, and that was that. Since they have no competition, they don't have to fight against the price fixing. Introduce competition, and fear of being undercut at the cash register, and maybe things would be a bit different...

I am mainly speculating, and I honestly don't know if that would change the price fixing issue. But even if it didn't, I just don't see anything positive for consumers coming from this forced lock-in/lack of competition.

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