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Originally Posted by stonetools
Because if there is a dominant retailer ( Amazon), the retailer can say, "Screw your $14.99 offer. Sell me your books at $9.99 or below, or lose 80% of your sales" .
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Too bad.
Amazon isn't a charity. They're not here to prop up anybody's business model but their own. They're also not here to be my friend, but they just happen to be an awesome experience with rock bottom prices for the customer. Too bad I'm too curmudgeonly to lease ebooks from them.
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Originally Posted by stonetools
The publisher has got their authors and staff to think about.
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I don't think I've ever read anything funnier on this forum. The publishers are public businesses. They are beholden to their shareholders to turn a profit, as large a profit as they can. They only 'think' about their authors and staff at the bare minimum required to make a profit. Like every other public corporation out there.