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Originally Posted by eschwartz
Hmmm.
Who began this dispute? (Hachette, wanting agency pricing.)
I don't really consider anyone blameless over here. For some really odd, stupid, bizarre reason, I count Hachette among the "everyone".
This is a standard business dispute between vendors and suppliers, and it sucks to be caught in the middle. But Hachette could end this just as quickly as Amazon can, thus it is every bit as much their fault as it is Amazon's -- and the other way around, too.
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Or Amazon by wanting Hatchette to reduce the price they charge Amazon per ebook sale, so Amazon can make more money selling at a reduced rate.
Amazon seems to feel that they have established $10 as the new standard for best seller ebooks, and now they are pushing back on the publishers to accept a reduced rate based on that price point.