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Originally Posted by pwalker8
When Amazon sells an ebook for less than they pay the publisher, then they sell it at a loss.
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When you said:
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Originally Posted by pwalker8
What is going on between Amazon and Hatchette is that Amazon is trying the leverage their dominate market position to force Hatchette to chose between two losing propositions, sale their books at a loss to Amazon, or be locked out of the ebook market.
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you were referring to AMAZON taking a loss? You really did mean "at a loss to Amazon."
Because that reads like you meant it would be a losing proposition for them to "sell their books to Amazon at a loss."
You consider Amazon paying Hachette, and then choosing to take a loss themselves, if they actually chose to do so, to be a losing proposition
for Hachette?
Despite the fact that Hachette would get paid no matter what, and also that Amazon's previous loss-leader efforts had resulted in the biggest growth the industry has every seen?
You've lost me.