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Originally Posted by HarryT
Monopolies occur as the result of "free market enterprise". Indeed, some countries have laws which prevent those companies which have been so successful that they've become a de facto monopoly from subsequently exploiting their success in the free market.
However, I really don't believe that the are any "monopolies" in either the publishing or the retailing end of the book business. Amazon are large and powerful, to be sure, but they are a very, very long way from being a monopoly.
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Publishers are (considering that 6 pubs have 80% market share) oligarchs who have monopolies on products. But yes, you're right. I should say that I want a regulated free market, that enforces companies can't become too big for their britches. I wasn't talking about amazon, in any case.
(Because of the oligarchy it's very hard to boycot single publishers, as they control so many 'desirable' authors.)