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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
We do know. Amazon's KDP pricing requirements say:
(Emphasis added.)
They don't care about whether the other sales channel is a publisher-direct or another retailer.
Removing the MFN clause from Apple and the Agency 5, but leaving it in Amazon (which they can't do anything about because Amazon's not part of the lawsuit), is going to be harsh. I don't expect a ruling to state that all MFN clauses are now illegal, or illegal for ebooks, so I don't see this getting fixed. |
Ouch. That's some MFN clause. But it indicates that there may be diffferent MFN clauses, based on who the contracting parties may be. Amazon has huge leverage against indie authors who want to be part of KDP. As such they can dictate terms. Against a BPH, they don't have such leverage. I bet the terms of such MFN clauses are different .