Thread: Amazon vs. Hachette Update - It's About Price
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Old 07-30-2014, 07:31 PM   #49
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Originally Posted by the.Mtn.Man View Post
It's basically like this: Amazon can make more money across the board selling books at $9.99 even if it means that individual publishers might take a loss, but those publishers would probably take a bigger loss pulling their catalogs from Amazon.

In other words, Amazon is essentially telling publishers, "You either take a small loss or a big loss. Your choice. Either way, we win." It's a pretty scummy way of doing business.
If Amazon makes more money at $9.99, then the publishers would make more money as well.
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