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Originally Posted by speakingtohe
So given the extreme unlikelihood that Company A could get away with the scenario you suggest and that publishers could easily pull their products from Company A's shelf an sell them for what you wish, I don't think your answered what I may wondering.
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It is not so easy to pull from Company A and sell yourself. Company A's focus is on
retail distribution, whereas publishers have focused on
wholesale distribution. Publishers, with a few exceptions like Baen, do not have the capability to reach the retail marketplace with anything even close to the penetration of Company A whose whole focus has been on retail market penetration.
Should publishers pull all of their product from company A and try to establish a retail model, it would take years of effort and billions of dollars. It could not be done within a few months.