Thread: Apple: we broke "Amazon's monopolistic grip" on e-book industry
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Old 04-14-2012, 08:33 AM   #8
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Originally Posted by TimW View Post
"At that time, Publisher Defendants routinely wholesaled those e-books for about that same price[$9.99], which typically was less than the wholesale price of the hardcover versions of the same titles.."

So $9.99 was actually at cost for the NYT and new releases? Not at a loss? No "predatory pricing" at all? Very interesting...
What's also interesting is the reason - "reflecting publisher cost savings associated with the electronic format."

Tell me again how there's no great saving on e-books v. pbooks?
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