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Originally Posted by Top100EbooksRank
How can Barnes and Noble lose money on selling ebook when
1) it is forbidden to sell a publisher’s “entire catalogue at a sustained loss.”
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Operational costs. Amazon can afford not to make a profit selling eBooks (i.e. forgoing its entire 30% share (assuming they actually do this... they've done so in the past but there's no guarantee they'll do so now). Barnes & Noble can't. (They're not losing money but it's hard to sustain a business when you're not gaining any revenue.)
Agree with the rest of your assessment though.