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Originally Posted by rhadin
I think once Amazon effectively controls the ebook market, ebookers will be shocked by the sudden price increases as Amazon tries to change loss to profit virtually over night. There is no reason to think Amazon would act unlike any other monopolist has acted when it comes to pricing.
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Apart from their past behaviour, that is.
And if they suddenly did indulge in say, 100% price rise price fixing, there's a likely precedent where they can be sued, similarly.
For Australian consumers my bet is that Amazon getting more of the market means a better deal.
Because Google is useless at selling media here.
Apple loves to double charge their already expensive prices. So do the oligopolistic price fixers - and triple charge.
Plus, this takes money away from Rupert Murdoch.
And if Amazon goes crazy and institutes massive price rises and Apple and Google go along then money will start to flow to independents who will then have greater opportunity to exploit without price fixing.