Thread: Authors call on FTC to investigate Amazon’s alleged monopoly in bookselling
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Old 08-18-2023, 09:11 AM   #22
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Originally Posted by Aleron Ives View Post
Wasn't Amazon part of some price-fixing scheme years ago to ensure e-books would always have a base price of $10? Amazon's monopoly has been bad for a long time, as monopolies are almost always bad.
That was not a price-fixing scheme. That was taking a loss on some NYT bestsellers in order to draw people to Amazon to buy eBooks.
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