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Old 08-29-2024, 08:38 AM   #16
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Originally Posted by John F View Post
Maybe? Did the collusion force ebook stores that discounted to close? Is that "what the market took care of"?

For example, looks at the timelines of fictionwise and the Apple/publishers collusion:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fictionwise
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United...v._Apple_(2012)
The collusion did cause the eBook stores that discounted to close as they could no longer discount and there business models were no longer viable.

B&N's purchase of Fictionwise was not the reason they closed. B&N bought Fictionwise for the DRM they now use on nook books.
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