Thread: Amazon says 'will have to capitulate and accept Macmillan's terms'
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Old 02-01-2010, 04:45 PM   #139
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Originally Posted by Tim32127 View Post
You can't honestly think Amazon did this to for any reason other than to gain controll of the ebook market.
I doubt that anyone here is seeing any "charitable" motives on Amazon's part -- or any player in the game, for that matter. I have disagreed with a number of their decisions and practices.

However, from my perspective they did a good thing by establishing an expectation of $9.99 being a fair price for a (DRM-laden) current ebook, and by helping to establish a larger market for ebook readers.

Obviously just my opinion.
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