I really don't think that we need publishers having the authority to set retail prices. It's anti-competitive. It means the end of loss leaders that make such good bargains for consumers, where the store decides to give away money on one item in the hope of making it back on others.
Publishers shouldn't get to decide anything but whether they sell to retailers, when they sell to retailers, and for how much they sell to retailers. What retailers do with it afterward should be out of their hands.
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