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Old 08-14-2014, 08:22 AM   #441
MikeB1972
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Originally Posted by DuckieTigger View Post
I think Amazon would be thrilled to have a wholesale price of just under $10 and the ability to discount. Problem solved. Except Hachette won't play along.
That pretty much sums it up.
Amazon : We want a higher cut, while still selling at $10.
Hachette : No.
Then lots of posturing from both sides.

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Originally Posted by DuckieTigger View Post
What I don't get - they basically admitted of having no chance in court and that is why they settled. So why are they (Hachette) trying to draw attention to them by still wanting to enforce agency pricing?
They were in court for colluding with other publishers and Apple, agency pricing is not illegal and they are within their rights to want it.
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