Thread: As Competition Wanes, Amazon Cuts Back Discounts (trims free lunch)
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Old 07-06-2013, 12:13 PM   #42
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Originally Posted by HoraceWimp View Post
So if that trade paperback you mention has a RRP of 34.95, Amazon would be buying that for 34.95 minus the 20% cost of paper book printing and distribution, minus 50%. So 34.95 minus 6.99 = 27.96, minus 50% = 13.98.

So Amazon buy that e-book from the publisher at 13.98. You don't think selling that e-book at 9.34, making a loss of 4.64 is predatory pricing in any way?
If that deeply discounted title is balanced by a bunch of ebooks that aren't discounted as deeply, then no it is not an example of predation.
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