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Old 01-31-2010, 12:02 AM   #140
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Originally Posted by phenomshel View Post
Argh!!!! All the titles that were MacMillan on my wishlist that are "missing" are the ones not available anywhere except Amazon!! Son of a %&^*(!!!!!
I wouldn't worry about it. Either one-or-the-other will cave, and the books will be back up at Amazon soon--or Macmillan *will* find another online outlet for its books.

I'm kinda hoping for that option. If a couple of large-ish publishers just aren't available through Amazon, that could be the breakpoint for Amazon's near-monopoly on online bookselling.

I think Amazon's shooting themselves in the foot with this one. Instead of intimidating Macmillan, they're scaring their own customers, who are getting a flash of, "wow... if there's a problem with Amazon, where am I gonna buy stuff?" And Amazon kept its market share by keeping people from ever asking that question.
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