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Originally Posted by MattW
Here in Austria (and in Germany, Greece, Italy, Holland and France as well; and various other European countries), we have what is called "Buchpreisbindung" in German, which means that no one, not Amazon, not bookstores, no one is allowed to sell a book for anything other than the list price set by the publisher. This system has been in place since 1888 in Germany, for example.
Which doesn't automatically make it right, but at least shows that there is a valid argument that can be made along the lines of what Turow is saying -- the market isn't everything and even in the 19th century people realised that books are something that benefits from special proctection.
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Does this also apply to the second-hand book market, out of curiosity?