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Old 04-20-2010, 07:55 AM   #11
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Originally Posted by Barcey View Post
The publishers have only themselves to blames for how big Amazon has grown. It's their own mistakes and inability to execute that has made Amazon successful.

It's their own insistence on DRM that is giving Amazon the power.

They actually think it's easier to manipulate the entire industry through price fixing and to educate the consumer on "what the price has to be" rather then adapt to the free market price. When they fail they'll blame Amazon again.
Nobody around here should blame Amazon, even though their motives were selfish, in the end it was good for us, the book buyers. Big business is not a playground, people fight hard. Look at Steve Jobs all out personal vendetta against Adobe.
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