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Originally Posted by cbarnett
My biggest fear is that this is simply a move by the publishers to keep ebook sales down and drive sales of their paper products. It may be cynical, but if it's true then it won't matter whether we purchase books under the new model or not. It won't discourage the publishers at all, or encourage realistic pricing and availability of ebooks.
I hope I'm wrong.
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You're not wrong. This is exactly what it is. MacMillan is trying to protect their core business - ink on paper and warehouses of books. They are also trying to control the market - a direct antithesis of what the free market is about.
While some may say it is not price-fixing and is not illegal, but all that is holy it is still wrong. It is their way of getting around, finding a loophole in the law and in effect fixing the price.
