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Old 06-06-2014, 01:00 PM   #289
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Chances are you are right. But that is why businesses are started in most cases, to make money. The world is rapidly becoming a place where a business must be big and often predatory to survive. I don't see this as a good thing, but I can't see it as being evil for a company to grow as much as they can. If Amazon became much less aggressive, someone else would jump in and Amazon could possibly be in trouble.

I am not sure what people expect here?

Helen
That's my question too. If people want to make sure no one company becomes too aggressive, it's simple to shop around. B&N has a big Hachette sale going on. I blogged it. There's a perfect opportunity to spread business out. Walmart also has a sale on Hachette titles from what I understand.

Not to be left in the dust, Minatour has a big ebook sale going on this month and you can buy those sale books at Amazon or Kobo books for certain (I couldn't find a direct link at B&N, but they may very well be on sale there too.) There really are plenty of options and this little spat has actually created more deals than it has negated.

I still maintain that Colbert is taking advantage of the negotiations to get his book out front and center--he's turning it into an opportunity and will probably sell more books because of it.
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