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Originally Posted by murraypaul
The competition includes Google and Apple. Not exactly short on funds themselves.
What makes books special snowflakes that can't be treated like any other good?
It applies just as much to shoes, or ketchup, or phones.
Whereas we know that fixed price arrangements lead to higher prices.
That is why they are almost always illegal, and why the eBook contracts are arranged as agency agreements, because otherwise it would be illegal price maintenance.
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Yeah we’ll just ignore Barnes and Noble, kobo, and any other retailer still around in other countries. Also take a look at pdwalkers post. Amazon seems to be doing exactly what I said they would even under the agency model. And you think that this is going to change if we remove agency?
Good grief.