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Originally Posted by murraypaul
It is irrelevant.
The DOJ aren't conducting an broad investigation into the book publishing business.
They are conducting an investigation into the allegedly illegal collusion between publishing houses to change retail policy in concert.
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To *raise* consumer prices.
Everything else is a smokescreen.
It doesn't matter why the mobster robs a bank, just that he put a gun to the teller's head. He may be a drug adict or abused in childhood or just plain bored; either way he'll be convicted and sent to jail.
Conspiring to raise consumer prices is a crime; just ask the Random House legal staff.
