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Originally Posted by JSWolf
If Hatchette was to charge Amazon more then say B&N or Bookshout, there would be law suits going on big time. I don't see this happening. After the mess the last time, doing something like this would not be a smart move at all.
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I agree with you, but I do have in the back of my mind that our esteemed large publishers have not been noted for their smart moves in recent years. Refusal to supply and or price discrimination cause tremendous problems from an anti-trust viewpoint, but then again so does a price-fixing cartel. I'm sure there are many pretixts which look very attractive from a highly subjective point of view. What happens, for instance, if there is no agreement reached between Amazon and the BWM Publishers? I'm sure books would still be supplied to Amazon, but at a higher price than to those retailers with an agreement in place? Is this necessarily unreasonable?
Let us hope we do not have to find out.