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Originally Posted by leebase
I said "practical" monopoly - not monopoly. Amazon had an 80% share of the ebook market.
Lee
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Yes, I saw that. But how big of the overall "book" market is that 80% share? And where do the publishers stop after they've beaten Amazon down?
And I can see some justification for not wanting a "new best seller" going for less then the hardback book. Let them buy the hardback book if they just can't wait.
But rixte is right.
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Originally Posted by rixte
So now we're in the reverse situation on a lot of titles where the ebooks are significantly MORE expensive than the physical books, and there's just no way that's not ridiculous.
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On top of that you have the situation where Amazon
has to sell a book at an inflated price where another, like Apple, can sell the
SAME book at a discount.