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Originally Posted by leebase
Of course. Just as the Big 5 publishers can refuse to do business with Amazon. But if it's suicide to not use a particular vendor...as it is with trying to sell books without Amazon...then Amazon has "monopoly powers" -- which it clearly does.
Which is why folks were warning about Amazon's predatory pricing.
Now there is precious little competition left.
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There is a huge difference between it being "suicide", and it involving "leaving large amounts of money on the table for no good reason".
Amazon doesn't need to be a monopoly in any sense or definition, to be a
very worthwhile business partner.
Baen has a reputation for being (heaven forbid) smart. It is
smart to engage with a significant vendor, in order to increase net income.
This is the actions of a smart business weighing the odds and deciding that they make more money in partnership with Amazon.
You
cannot (well, you could, if you really find it fun to say silly things) liken that to a business determining to go their own way, for better or for worse, and being unable to run a business as a result -- which would be the actual, real, non-imaginary, non-buzzword definition of suicide.
Baen did not raise prices and start selling on Amazon because they felt threatened by Amazon.
They did so because they felt they were leaving good money on the table otherwise -- and if they truly felt partnering with Amazon was an intolerable violation of their beliefs, they would go their own way and still make a good living for themselves...