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Originally Posted by Sydney's Mom
Now, there is one issue that could be a problem. If Amazon is using the price of books as a loss leader, with the intent of driving competitors out of business, it is a violation. But, is Amazon doing that, or offering books as a loss leader to get people "in the store" to buy other things, like grocery stores and paper towels?
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During the round up to the conspiracy trial, the DOJ looked at Amazon's ebook business and reported that Amazon does not now and never did lose money selling ebooks.
Despite the urban legend that pops up around here from time to time, Amazon never discounted all ebooks below cost. All they did was run temporary sales on select titles. They ran a lot of sales but they were limited and temporary.
Anybody around here in the pre-conspiracy days can attest that it was possible to shop around and find similar or even lower prices on the ebooks that weren't on sale.
The verdict here was that Amazon wasn't always the cheapest on every single book but that if you only shopped at Amazon your total cost would be lower than *only* shopping anyplace else. *That* plus their superior customer service and superior catalog is how Amazon rose to the top of the heap.
All perfectly legal then and still legal now, whiners notwithstanding