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Old 11-14-2019, 10:45 AM   #25
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Monopoly is used and abused as a term.
True.

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But for eBooks, Amazon has a huge market share....
Also true.

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so large that one cannot avoid doing business with them.
That, unfortunately, is fantasy.

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So large, they can dictate terms.
Size and leverage have never been illegal. Publishers enjoyed being able to dictate terms to authors and agents for decades because of their leverage, and because of their control of the market.

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They aren't a monopoly.
Correct. The end.
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