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Old 01-30-2012, 12:31 PM   #43
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Originally Posted by charmian View Post
Another thing the Big 6 could do about Target, Walmart, etc. undercutting B&N on print books is to institute price controls a la the agency model....
See above, distributors make this effectively impossible.

On a side note, manufacturers don't dictate prices to Walmart; Walmart dictates prices to manufacturers.
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