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Originally Posted by eschwartz
Well, I have nothing against discussing facts. Glad to see you finally provided a link to the rulebook you are playing. 
Although I'm not picky about links -- unless you are quoting someone else, stating your opinion/definition/what-have-you is sufficient for me.
And according to your link, Amazon will "will probably [not] be considered a monopoly" since it is [not] at 75% market share.
I would skew the results against Amazon by including Indie, but that isn't a "relative market", and no Indiepub competitors have filed suit.
Maybe if they did, Amazon would have a problem -- I think they probably have over 75% (more like mid to high 90s) in the Indiepub market.
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If we are going by "ability to control the price", Amazon has been successfully bullied by the BWMs into raising the prices, perhaps Amazon should file suit against the BWMs because *they* are a monopoly.
(Already done and it seems the accusation was true. At least, s/monopoly/cartel/g but otherwise the shoe fits.)
"exclude a competitor from the market" -- oh, please, do explain how Amazon has been or even can do that.
I am pretty sure Amazon has several competitors, and they aren't going anywhere (Kobo isn't growing but it isn't going away either; B&N will take a while to die properly, but only because they still haven't broken into the ebook market on sheer incompetence  ).
Dr. Drib's granny's dog isn't going to be opening an Amazon competitor anytime soon, but that isn't because of Amazon specifically. |
Ah, that is 65 to 80 percent of the market, depending on the source. My higher math skills tell me that 80 is greater than 75, and those would be the stats that a competent prosecutor would use.