Thread: Amazon’s Book Monopoly : A Threat to Freedom of Expression?
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Old 01-22-2016, 02:02 AM   #30
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Originally Posted by darryl View Post

Amazon is not a monopoly in this sense either. It has competition. In ebooks its competitors include Kobo, Apple, Google and Barnes and Noble amongst others. It has so little influence over price that it is unable to even set its own for a large segment of the books it sells.
Keep in mind that Amazon has MFN clauses. By US contract law no other competitor can undercut Amazon's prices either directly or indirectly. This does influence how others operate their business.
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