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Originally Posted by pwalker8
Yes, but B&N wasn't a publisher. It all comes down to markets and market share. Amazon has to be very careful that they are not seen as trying to leverage their book and ebook market share into their publishing businesses. As one sees in the news forum, Amazon is currently in the cross hairs of the anti-trust division.
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Well...seeing as that's exactly what they are doing....it's hard to "not be seen" as doing so.
Some of us saw this from the very beginning of the $9.99 for every NYT's best seller days.
You sell below cost and damage all the other sellers.
Once you establish overwhelming dominance, you go after the producers.
Meanwhile "it doesn't matter, I want cheap cheap cheap" folks never ever think there's a problem.