Poor Hachette. They're one of the reasons there is less competition. The price fixing put Fictionwise and other shops out of business. I never used to buy ebooks at Amazon because I didn't like the fact that they had a walled garden. I pretty much stopped buying from the big 5 and used the library and bought independent authors. When the discounting was again allowed only Amazon seemed to have the discounts so I started buying there. Kobo has coupons for independent authors, so they are cheaper there.
The publishers wanted to have the price the same everywhere so for others that didn't stop buying like I did Amazon was better because they have good customer service. Too bad publishers - you made your bed, now lay in it. Or is it lie in it?
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