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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
Everything is speculation. Including goofy Wild Kingdom analogies. If Amazon's the cheetah and Hachette's the gazelle, who represents Marlon Perkins?
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No, not everything is speculation. We know that Hatchette got the ability to set the prices, which is the primary thing they (the booksellers) want. Now both S&S and Hatchette have gotten the ability to set prices in their contracts, so my guess is this is what all the other big publishers will get. We also know that Amazon got some sort of incentive put in the contract for publishers to set lower prices. So, from that stand point, they got something they want (potentially more lower prices).
It sounds to me like both sides got some of what they wanted, and gave up something. That's usually what's called a win/win.