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Originally Posted by vaughnmr
Speak for yourself, Stonetools. For me, it was the collusion between Apple and the Agency 5 before the release of the iPad to establish agency pricing for ebooks. Along with fixed-prices, no discounting, and the effort of the cartel to kill off smaller distributors (some didn't have agency books for almost a year afterwards).
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Likewise, my issue is the price fixing agreement if it actually happened.
Had a single publisher decided to go to the agency model and/or raise their prices, I'd have moaned about it sure, but no more so than I moan about pricing in general
Even if the rest of the publishers then followed that example in time.
No complaints then. But if it was done as an overall agreement then they've most likely broken the law and deserve slapping for it with hefty fines.