Thread: Apple gripes about antitrust monitoring
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Old 01-26-2014, 02:09 PM   #301
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Originally Posted by shalym View Post
Ok...Let's hear your arguments to the contrary. Why should it cost the same as the hardcover? Especially since hardcovers don't even usually cost as much as the list price of the hardcover? I don't think I've EVER paid list price for a hardcover book, even when I bought it very soon after it was released. I think the MOST I've ever paid was for the last Harry Potter book on the day of release, and even that was 10% off of the list price.

Shari
Why would I argue to the contrary? I'm just pointing out that there is some justification to the publishers' worry that Amazon's use of the $10 best seller was going to break the publishers business model.
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