Thread: Literary elites v. Amazon: yes, it's class warfare
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Old 09-13-2014, 03:20 PM   #36
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Originally Posted by CommonReader View Post
A company that controls 65% of the market - as Amazon does on the US ebook market - isn't just any big retailer that can demand favourable terms from its supplier. It has market domination and it has to be scrutinized closely if it abuses this position.
We have laws for that. In the mean time, Amazon's in the driver's seat.

BTW, publishers do have other options. They don't have to sell to Amazon. No one is forcing them to do so. They're quite free to take their wares elsewhere.
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