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Old 07-09-2015, 03:08 PM   #87
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
But the fact that Amazon used to sell a very small number of books at a loss is a completely different thing to your assertion that Amazon "willingly takes a loss on every popular book it sells." Can you provide some evidence to support your claim that today Amazon is making a loss on every sale of a popular book?
The entire bestsellers list of the NYT may indeed count as "very small" but it equally counts as "every popular book" IMHO.

In terms of sales in a given month, how much do you think the NYT best seller's list accounts for?
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