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Originally Posted by pwalker8
Lawyers tend to argue a view point to make a case, not because it's necessarily true. Amazon has around 65+% of the market and the next nearest competitor is around 12%. Pretty hard to argue that doesn't meet the legal definition of monopoly (i.e. Dominate market position).
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Actually, it is pretty easy. Amazon having around 65% means that 35% is non-Amazon.
And, since everyone is paying the publishers the same amount for the books, then it's up to each individual vendor to determine how best to run their business.
And don't forget, all* the PBHs have their own website that will sell you their books, so they can make even more because they aren't paying a retailer their cut.
If this kind of market-domination was considered to be a bad thing, the US government would not have approved the Random House/Penguin merger.
*I'm pretty sure about this, but may be wrong. No correspondence will be entered into.