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Originally Posted by FizzyWater
Wasn't it stated in the original settlement documents, though, that arranging with a bookstore to go to agency wasn't the issue. It was the insistence that all the publishers had to do it at the same time and that they must also convert their existing contracts with other bookstores to the same, wasn't it, that was the conspiracy?
One of the disappointments to me (although I understand it's currently legal) was that all the publishers are welcome to return to agency pricing after the 2 year probation period is up. They just can't conspire to do it all at once.
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Yeah, the Agency model is unAmerican, but that's okay all those publishers will be out of business in another 10 years anyway.