Thread: U.S. Justice Dept. to Sue Publishers, Apple, for Price Collusion?
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Old 03-08-2012, 01:45 PM   #26
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
It means that it puts even the smallest bookshop on an even keel with the big players on price terms. The same argument is used for fixed pricing for books in many European countries, and there is some truth in it. Fixed pricing for books was abolished in the UK in 1997. Since then, and as a direct result, the overwhelming majority of small independent booksellers have gone out of business.
There's only one independent bookstore that sells new books, that I know of in my area. It specializes in murder mysteries, and has been there longer than anyone can remember. Everyone else either sells comic books and role-playing games, or sticks to the used book trade.

The irony is, Borders and Barnes & Noble didn't seem to ever give discounts on books unless you had a coupon. Everything was priced right at MSRP.
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