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Originally Posted by darryl
Amazon continues to have competion in the case of the vast majority of books. But of course a buyer is I think left without an alternative supplier in the case of Amazon imprints, Amazon exclusive KDP books and of course Kindle Worlds books. At least in the case of the Amazon imprints, this seems to be due not to Amazon but to a boycott by the rest of the industry. In these circumstances it seems to be fairly safe to say that other retailers have not approached Amazon seeking to distribute KDP exclusive or Kindle Worlds books. If they did so I suspect that Amazon may well be prepared to license these books to them, if only to avoid any suggestion that anti-trust action is appropriate which would surely follow a refusal. Further, if any of these retailers then chose to discount these books, even to the point of making a loss on them, I suspect Amazon would simply sit back and happily accept the money rather than argue their books were being devalued.
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Not just in books either. I was looking at a piece of exercise equipment to buy next month. Amazon had it listed at a good price, but then I noticed that it was "Amazon Prime only" which put me out in the cold. I can't afford to be incurring the expense of Amazon Prime just to get something useful at a cheap price. Being a man on a limited income I don't have the $ for it. Especially as I don't buy a lot of stuff usually anyway. So instead of Amazon I will likely buy the item from Wal-Mart's online store instead.