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Old 07-03-2015, 01:00 PM   #448
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Originally Posted by pwalker8 View Post
It hardly shows that. The context that is missing is that price points was the price structure that the music industry had negotiated with Apple in iTunes. Apple wanted all music to be 99 cents, the music industry wanted multiple price points so they could charge more for the more popular music. Jobs was simply offering a similar price structure to the book industry.

In business, companies negotiate with other companies. Saying that you want to start selling ebooks and starting the negotiation isn't proof that you recruited and organized a conspiracy. The fact that the contract ended up going in a totally different direction is pretty solid evidence that Apple wasn't the recruiter and organizer of a conspiracy, otherwise Apple would be selling ebooks like they do music, at various price points.
Wait--are you saying that every book in the iBookstore is the same price??

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