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Originally Posted by Crowl
Nothing is stopping the publisher doing exactly that, they set their prices and get their money from the retailer, all thats happening with this price fixing is that now the shop is not being allowed to cut their own margins or even sell something as a loss leader.
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No your missing the point.
If the publisher wants to tell the retailer " I will only sell my books to you if you sign this contract to say that you will sell them for $x and never sell them for less"
then that is fine the publisher SHOULD be allowed to do that!
If the shops then decide they dont want to agree to such a deal then they buy books from someone else.
eventually if all shops refuse to buy books the publisher will change their mind.
but there doesnrt need to be inteference/involvement from goverment etc