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Originally Posted by Hitch
..Amazon is selling books on the terms it finds acceptable. The publishers are, by and large, obviously going along with it, aren't they? ..
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When the publishers were pushing for the agency model Amazon didn't just delist them from its bookstore. It went to the Justice Department to complain, and the Justice Department was happy to oblige by hitting the publishers with fines while ignoring Amazon's stranglehold on the market. Talking about "the market" is all nice and well, but it's much nicer to have big government on your side, isn't it?