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Originally Posted by stustaff
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
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I'm not missing the point at all, this situation now where the publishers are dictating a price that the books have to be sold at is no different from the net book agreement that used to operate in the uk and was found to be illegal in the late 90s.
The publishers should have every right when it comes to deciding how much they personally want to get for a book, but once they have got their money from the bookstores then they should have no further say in the matter since thier dealing is with the bookstore and not the eventual consumer.