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Originally Posted by Shaggy
I think what likely happened is that Amazon knew they were exceeding their authority by deleting customer's books. They did it because it would decrease the chances that the owner would sue, and are probably assuming that the customers won't. It was a risk trade off.
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My guess is that the Ayn Rand Institute is playing hardball for more money, and no wonder --- apparently since the recession in 2000 "Atlas Shrugged" has been one of the best sellers on Amazon, who knew? And that has done nothing but increase since the financial crunch started August 2006. It's being promoted by fans in the business media, such as the famous Wall Street Journal op-ed by Stephen Moore, which is why I went after it. Also the Cato Institute and all the new Libertarians around since the recent mortal illness of the Republican Party is helping promote this unusual book.
But because the book is so large that it's unwieldy and hard to print and bind legibly, it's a valuable property for Amazon's Kindle --- and the ARI. It's a case of it being substantially MORE valuable in eBook form than paperback, so ARI is probably trying to price it high. Just my guess.