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Old 07-21-2015, 11:59 PM   #112
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Originally Posted by fjtorres View Post
You remember correctly:

http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/b....html#comments



Diesel had the same problem.

The reports I saw back in the day were that they had trouble even getting the BPHs to start negotiating.
I still don't understand how the publishers could have been so stupid to do something that obviously hurt smaller retailers. If they wanted competition against Amazon it was pretty stupid to get rid of competition. Did they really think Apple could gain that much market share?
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