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Old 10-06-2011, 06:09 PM   #39
Elfwreck
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4. That the only evidence of what the market price of best sellers are is the price of hardcover bestsellers, which are generally twice the new price of the corresponding ebooks.
Depends on what you mean by "best sellers." Johh Locke's sold quite a few books at $1 each; what makes those "not best sellers?"

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6.That there is no evidence that the publishers met secretly to fix prices on bestsellers or indeed any books.
January 29, 2010: Mossberg asks Jobs why someone would pay $14.99 for an eBook from Apple when they could buy the same book from Amazon for $9.99. Jobs answer is very compelling:

“That won’t happen,” Jobs says. “The prices will be the same..."
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