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Originally Posted by Barcey
I hope that we don't hear more details because it would allow Amazon to negotiate different terms with the other publishers and give the DoJ further proof of collusion if they demand the same terms.
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That is what happened back in 2009: Amazon would agree on one term with oone if the BPHs in return for something and the next day the others would ask for the exact same thing without giving anything up.
Of course, this time they are months apart but sooner or later the terms of S&S will start to leak: those folks all sleep together. Often literally.
I do suspect Amazon did give S&S one free concession: "Sure. No problem, you can tell everybody you won the deal. In fact, we insist you do."
It's not no-discount agency. Which is all that matters.
Anything else is speculation.
BTW, word is S&S sent a note to their authors letting them know they had a deal.
They're still predatory publishers like the rest of the gang, but at least they're polite.
